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λίπος

λίπος, fat

λίπος [ῐ], εος, τό, prop.
  • animal fat, lard, tallow, Arist. Long. 467a3, cf. Pr. 935b20: pl., χηνὸς λίπη AP 9.377.8 (Pall.); βεβρῶτες αἵματος λ. gorged with fat and blood, S. Ant. 1022; but λ. αἵματος a fleck of blood, A. Ag. 1428 (lyr., λίβος Casaub.); of vegetable oil, λ. ἐλαίας S. Fr. 398, cf. Thphr. HP 3.18.3, 8.7.3, Call. Ap. 39. (Cf. λίπα, λιπαρός, λιπάω, λιπαίνω, Skt. lip- ‘anoint’, Lith. lipti ‘stick’.)

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