ἀλείφω
See also: αλείφω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leybʰ-. Cognate with Latin libo.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.lěː.pʰɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈli.pʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈli.ɸo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈli.fo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈli.fo/
Verb
ἀλείφω • (aleíphō)
- (active voice, transitive) To anoint someone else (smear the skin with oil after bathing)
- (middle voice, intransitive, reflexive) To anoint oneself
Usage notes
Often appears with the adverb λίπα (lípa, “richly”) and with ἐλαίῳ (elaíōi, “with oil”, instrumental dative).
Inflection
Present: ἀλείφω, ἀλείφομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἤλειφον | ἤλειφες | ἤλειφε(ν) | ἠλείφετον | ἠλειφέτην | ἠλείφομεν | ἠλείφετε | ἤλειφον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠλειφόμην | ἠλείφου | ἠλείφετο | ἠλείφεσθον | ἠλειφέσθην | ἠλειφόμεθᾰ | ἠλείφεσθε | ἠλείφοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Synonyms
- (anoint, anoint oneself): χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: αλείφω (aleífo)
References
- “ἀλείφω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀλείφω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀλείφω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀλείφω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλείφω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀλείφω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G218 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible