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λίπα

λίπα, unctuously, richly

λίπᾰ [ῐ], used by Hom. as Adv. usu. in the phrase ἀλείψασθαι λίπʼ ἐλαίῳ anoint oneself
  • richly with oil, Il. 10.577, 14.171, al.; χρῖσαι, χρίσασθαι λίπʼ ἐλαίῳ, Od. 3.466, 6.96, 10.364, Hes. Op. 522: once without ἐλαίῳ, λοέσσατο καὶ λίπʼ ἄλειψεν Od. 6.227; so later, τῷ ῥοδίνῳ ἀλείφεσθαι λίπα Hp. Mul. 2.150; ἐλαίῳ χρίων λίπα ib. 147: also without a dat., χρίεσθαι λίπα ib. 1.35; λίπα ἀλείψασθαι, ἀλείψεσθαι, Th. 1.6, 4.68, cf. Thphr. HP 9.8.5, etc.
    • II in Hp. sts. as Subst., neut. nom. or acc., χρῖσμα λίπα ἔστω Mul. 2.133; μηδʼ ἄλλο τι πῖον μηδὲ λίπα ἔχον ib. 145; so λίπα ἀσκεῖν D.C. 53.27. (Cf. λίπος.)

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