λίπος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λῐ́πᾰς (lĭ́păs) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *lípos, from i-Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“fat substance”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lí.pos/ → /ˈli.pos/ → /ˈli.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lí.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pos/

Noun

λῐ́πος • (lĭ́pos) n (genitive λῐ́πους); third declension

1. animal fat; lard; tallow

Declension

Third declension of τὸ λῐ́πος; τοῦ λῐ́πους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐ́πος tò lĭ́pos	τὼ λῐ́πει tṑ lĭ́pei	τᾰ̀ λῐ́πη tằ lĭ́pē
Genitive	τοῦ λῐ́πους toû lĭ́pous	τοῖν λῐποῖν toîn lĭpoîn	τῶν λῐπῶν tôn lĭpôn
Dative	τῷ λῐ́πει tōî lĭ́pei	τοῖν λῐποῖν toîn lĭpoîn	τοῖς λῐ́πεσῐ / λῐ́πεσῐν toîs lĭ́pesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ λῐ́πος tò lĭ́pos	τὼ λῐ́πει tṑ lĭ́pei	τᾰ̀ λῐ́πη tằ lĭ́pē
Vocative	λῐ́πος lĭ́pos	λῐ́πει lĭ́pei	λῐ́πη lĭ́pē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ᾰ̓κρολῐ́πᾰρος (ăkrolĭ́păros, “fat on the surface”)
• ᾰ̓λῐ́πᾰντος (ălĭ́păntos, “without grease”)
• ᾰ̓λῐπής (ălĭpḗs, “without fat; meagre”)
• ᾰ̓πολῐπαίνω (ăpolĭpaínō, “to oil”)
• ἐκλῐπαίνομαι (eklĭpaínomai, “to be enriched or fertilized”)
• ἐκλῐπαίνω (eklĭpaínō, “to make smooth as oil”)
• ἔλλῐπος (éllĭpos, “greasy”)
• ἐπῐλῐπαίνω (epĭlĭpaínō, “to make fat or sleek”)
• ἐπῐλῐπής (epĭlĭpḗs, “fatty”)
• εὐλῐπής (eulĭpḗs, “very fat”)
• κᾰτᾰλῐπαίνω (kătălĭpaínō, “to make very fat”)
• κᾰτᾰλῐ́πᾰρος (kătălĭ́păros, “very greasy”)
• λῐ́πᾰ (lĭ́pă, “richly with oil”, adverb)
• λῐπᾰ́ζω (lĭpắzō, “to oil or anoint”)
• λῐπαίνω (lĭpaínō, “to oil or anoint”)
• λῐ́πᾰνσῐς (lĭ́pănsĭs, “anointing”)
• λῐπᾰντέον (lĭpăntéon, “one must anoint”)
• λῐπᾰντῐκός (lĭpăntĭkós, “of anointing”)
• λῐπᾰρᾱ́ (lĭpărā́, “fatty poultice”)
• λῐπᾰρᾰ́μπῠξ (lĭpărắmpŭx, “with bright fillet or headband”)
• λῐπᾰραυγής (lĭpăraugḗs, “bright-beaming”)
• λῐπᾰρῐ́ᾱ (lĭpărĭ́ā, “fatness”)
• λῐπᾰρῐᾰ́ζω (lĭpărĭắzō, “to anoint with oil”)
• λῐπᾰρῐ́σχῐος (lĭpărĭ́skhĭos, “with glistening hips”)
• λῐπᾰροβῶλᾰξ (lĭpărobôlăx, “chubby”)
• λῐπᾰρόγειος (lĭpărógeios, “with rich soil”)
• λῐπᾰρόζωνος (lĭpărózōnos, “bright-girdled”)
• λῐπᾰρόθρονος (lĭpăróthronos, “bright-throned”)
• λῐπᾰροκρήδεμνος (lĭpărokrḗdemnos, “with bright headband”)
• λῐπᾰρόμμᾰτος (lĭpărómmătos, “lustrous-eyed”)
• λῐπᾰρόν (lĭpărón, “oily or fatty substance”)
• λῐπᾰροπλόκᾰμος (lĭpăroplókămos, “with glossy locks”)
• λῐπᾰροποιέω (lĭpăropoiéō, “to make very fat”)
• λῐπᾰροποιός (lĭpăropoiós, “fattening”)
• λῐπᾰρός (lĭpărós, “oily, shiny; fatty, greasy”)
• λῐπᾰρόσκηπτρος (lĭpăróskēptros, “of the magnificent sceptre”)
• λῐπᾰροστέλεχος (lĭpărostélekhos, “with a fat trunk”)
• λῐπᾰρότης (lĭpărótēs, “fattiness; brilliancy”)
• λῐπᾰρότροφος (lĭpărótrophos, “richly fed”)
• λῐπᾰρόχροος (lĭpărókhroos, “with shining sleek skin”)
• λῐπᾰρόχρους (lĭpărókhrous, “with shining sleek skin”)
• λῐπᾰρόχρως (lĭpărókhrōs, “with shining sleek skin”)
• λῐπᾰρῶς (lĭpărôs, “with fat; in abundance”)
• λῐπᾰρώψ (lĭpărṓps, “bright-looking”)
• λῐ́πᾰσμᾰ (lĭ́păsmă, “greasy, fattening substance”)
• λῐπᾰσμός (lĭpăsmós, “anointing”)
• λῐπᾰ́ω (lĭpắō, “to be sleek or radiant; to anoint”)
• λῐπέλαιον (lĭpélaion, “olives rich in oil”)
• λῐπο- (lĭpo-), λῐπό- (lĭpó-), λῐπ- (lĭp-)
• λῐπότης (lĭpótēs, “fatness”)
• λῐπόω (lĭpóō, “to anoint”)
• λῐπόων (lĭpóōn, “sleek or radiant”)
• λῐπώδης (lĭpṓdēs, “fatty, oily”)
• λῐπῶν (lĭpôn, “sleek or radiant”)
• νᾰρδολῐπής (nărdolĭpḗs, “anointed with spikenard”)
• ὀξῠλῐ́πᾰρος (oxŭlĭ́păros, “vinegar and oil”)
• ὀξῠλῐπὴς (oxŭlĭpḕs, “dressed with vinegar and fat”)
• περῐλῐ́πᾰρος (perĭlĭ́păros, “very moist and shiny”)
• προλῐπαίνω (prolĭpaínō, “to anoint beforehand”)
• προσεπῐλῐπαίνω (prosepĭlĭpaínō, “to enrich yet more”)
• προσλῐπαίνω (proslĭpaínō, “to enrich further”)
• σῠλλῐπαίνομαι (sŭllĭpaínomai, “to be melted together”)
• ῠ̔πολῐπαίνω (hŭpolĭpaínō, “to anoint a little”)
• ῠ̔πολῐ́πᾰρος (hŭpolĭ́păros, “rather fat”)

Descendants

• Greek: λίπος (lípos)

Further reading

• “λίπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λίπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λίπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fat idem, page 309.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos). For sense substance with fat, a semantic loan from French graisse or English fat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.pos/
• Hyphenation: λί‧πος

Noun

λίπος • (lípos) n (plural λίπη)

1. fat, tallow

Declension

Declension of λίπος

	singular	plural
nominative	λίπος (lípos)	λίπη (lípi)
genitive	λίπους (lípous)	λιπών (lipón)
accusative	λίπος (lípos)	λίπη (lípi)
vocative	λίπος (lípos)	λίπη (lípi)

Derived terms

• ακόρεστα λίπη n pl (akóresta lípi, “unsaturated fat”)
• ζωικά λίπη n pl (zoïká lípi, “animal fat”)
• κεκορσεμένα λίπη n pl (kekorseména lípi, “saturated fat”)
• μαγειρικά λίπη n pl (mageiriká lípi, “cooking fat”)
• φυτικά λίπη n pl (fytiká lípi, “vegetable fat”)

Related terms

• ινολίπωμα n (inolípoma, “adipose neoplasm”)
• λιπαίνω (lipaíno, “lubricate”)
• λιπαρό οξύ n (liparó oxý, “fatty acid”)
• λιπαρός (liparós, “oily, fatty”)
• λιπαρότητα f (liparótita, “fattiness, adipocity”)
• λίπασμα n (lípasma, “fertilizer”)
• λιπίδιο n (lipídio, “lipid”)
• λιπώδης (lipódis, “adipose, fatty”)
• λιπώδης ιστός m (lipódis istós, “adipose tissue”)
• λίπωμα n (lípoma, “lipoma”)
• συλλίπασμα n (syllípasma, “flux”)
• and see: λιπαίνω (lipaíno, “to lubricate”)

Further reading

• λίπος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el