λίπα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λίπ’ (líp’) — apocope before a word beginning in a vowel

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to λίπος (lípos, “fat”)? Or a neuter accusative plural related to λείπω (leípō, “leave behind”)?”

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

λίπα • (lípa)

richly
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.577–578:
  τὼ δὲ λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ’ ἐλαίῳ
  δείπνῳ ἐφιζανέτην
  tṑ dè loessaménō kaì aleipsaménō líp’ elaíōi
  deípnōi ephizanétēn
  The two of them, after washing and anointing themselves richly with oil,
  sat down for dinner
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 522:
  εὖ τε λοεσσαμένη τέρενα χρόα καὶ λίπ’ ἐλαίῳ / χρισαμένη
  eû te loessaménē térena khróa kaì líp’ elaíōi / khrisaménē
  having washed her tender skin well and anointed herself richly with oil

Usage notes

Often modifies χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō) and ᾰ̓λείφω (aleíphō, “anoint”), and often combined with the instrumental dative ἐλαίῳ (elaíōi, “with oil”).

References

“λίπα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press