ἀλοιφή

See also: αλοιφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλείφω (aleíphō, “anoint”) +‎ -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.loi̯.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /a.lyˈɸi/ → /a.liˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.loi̯.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.lyˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.lyˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.lyˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.liˈfi/

Noun

ἀλοιφή • (aloiphḗ) f (genitive ἀλοιφῆς); first declension

1. grease
2. unguent

Inflection

First declension of ἀλοιφή, ἀλοιφῆς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλοιφή	τὼ ἀλοιφᾱ́	αἱ ἀλοιφαί
Genitive	τῆς ἀλοιφῆς	τοῖν ἀλοιφαῖν	τῶν ἀλοιφῶν
Dative	τῇ ἀλοιφῇ	τοῖν ἀλοιφαῖν	ταῖς ἀλοιφαῖς
Accusative	τὴν ἀλοιφήν	τὼ ἀλοιφᾱ́	τὰς ἀλοιφᾱ́ς
Vocative	ἀλοιφή	ἀλοιφᾱ́	ἀλοιφαί
Dialectal forms:
Notes:

Derived terms

• συναλοιφή (sunaloiphḗ)

References

• “ἀλοιφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀλοιφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀλοιφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀλοιφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλοιφή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀλοιφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fat idem, page 309.
  • grease idem, page 371.
  • lard idem, page 476.
  • ointment idem, page 572.
  • salve idem, page 732.
  • unguent idem, page 920.