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ἀλείφω

aleipho

to anoint with oil

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What it meant

1. ἀλείφω · aleiphō — Beekes

ἀλείφω [ν.] ‘to anoint with oil’ (IL). «18? *hJeib*- ‘ointment’, PG?> *DIAL Myc. e-na-ri-po-to /en-aliptos/; a-re-pa-te /aleip"atei/; a-re-pa-zo-o /aleip*azohos/ ‘boiler (Céw) of unguent’. *DER 1. ἄλειφαρ, -ατος [n.] ‘unguent, anointing oil’ (Il) and ἄλειφα [n.] (> Lat. adeps), with -a perhaps from *-gt, Szemerényi SMEA 2 (1967): 23°. Thence ἀλειφατίτης (ἄρτος) ‘bread baked with oil’ (Epich.). 2. ἀλοιφή ‘anointing, … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀλείφω, p. 111]

2. ἀλείφω · aleiphō — Chantraine

ἀλείφω : «oindre», employé également au sens de «frotter de » en général (déjà Od. 12,47, elc. à propos de cire pour boucher les oreilles), mais, le plus souvent, il s'agit d'huile, notamment pour le gymnase, d'où l'emploi métaphoriqur «préparer à la lutte» (Démade, Pi. ap. D.L. 4,6). Le terme est hom. et ionien-attique. Temps primitifs : ἀλείψω, etc. ; pf. ἀλήλιφα et ἀλήλιμμαι, adj. verb. ἀλειπτός (Hän., Hp.), … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀλείφω, p. 71]

3. ἀλείφω · aleiphō — Frisk

ἀλείφω gehört nach allgemeiner Annahme zu λίπος (s. ἃ.) usw., wovon es sich durch sekundäre Aspiration und Vokalprothese unterscheiden soll. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλείφω, p. 98]

4. ἀλείφω · aleiphō — Frisk

ἀλείφω. Myk. a-re-pa-te (Dat. von ἄλειφαρ 1) u.a. — Neben ἄλειμμα mit Abtönung ἀλοιμός (S.Fr. 69, att. Inschr.). Zur verschiedenen Behandlung der Lautgruppe -pu- Schwyzer 280. — In ἄλειφα will Szemerenyi Studi Mic. 2 (1967) 23 A. 64 ein altes Ptz. ntr. (< -φντ) sehen. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλείφω, p. 2151]

5. ἀλείφω · aleiphō — LSJ

anoint the skin with oil, anointing for gymnastic exercises, anointing

anoint the skin with oil, as was done after bathing, Act. referring to another, Med. to oneself, λοῦσαι κέλετʼ ἀμφί τʼ ἀλεῖψαι Il. 24.582; Hom. elsewh. always adds λίπα or λίπʼ ἐλαίῳ (v. sub λίπα), πάντα λοέσσατο καὶ λίπʼ ἄλειψεν Od. 6.227; λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπʼ ἐλαίῳ Il. 10.577, cf. 14.171, 18.350: later of anointing for gymnastic exercises, λίπα μετὰ τοῦ γυμνάζεσθαι ἠλείψαντο Th. 1.6; generally, λίπα ἀλείφεσθαι Id. 4.68; βακκάρι ῥῖνας Hippon. 41; of anointing the sick, Men. Georg. 60,

2 supply oil, youths undergoing gymnastic training, to attend, gymnastic school

supply oil for gymnasts, ἀλειφούσης τῆς πόλεως CIG (add.) 1957g (Maced.); ἀ. πανήγυριν, ἔθνη, Inscr.Magn. 163, OGI 533.47 (Ancyra); οἱ -όμενοι youths undergoing gymnastic training, ib. 339.72 (Sestos), etc.; οἱ ἀ. ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ ib. 764.5 (Pergam.), al.; ἀλείφεσθαι παρά τινι to attend a gymnastic school, Arr. Epict. 1.2.26.

3 polish

polish, τράπεζαν Diph. 74; δακτύλιον Thphr. Char. 21; ἀγάλματα Artem. 2.33.

4 prepare as if for gymnastics, encourage, stimulate, instigate

metaph., prepare as if for gymnastics, encourage, stimulate, instigate, Demad. 17, Pl. ap. D.L. 4.6; ἐπὶ τὴν πολιτικὴν ἀγωνίαν Phld. Rh. 2.59 S.; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν Κλώδιον App. BC 2.16, cf. Plu. Them. 3; τινὰ κατά τινος Ph. 1.549; τινὰ ἐπὶ φαρμακείαν App. Mac. 11.7:—Pass., τοὺς -ομένους ἐπί τι Phld. Rh. 2.158 S.

II daub, plaster, besmear, stop up

daub, plaster, besmear, οὔατα ἀλεῖψαι stop up ears, Od. 12.47, 177, 200; ἀ. αἵματι Hdt. 3.8; μίλτῳ X. Oec. 10.5; ψιμυθίῳ Pl. Ly. 217d; κυανῷ Paus. 5.11.5.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀλείφω (scan p. 111; entry #347). Root candidates: *leip-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀλείφω (scan p. 71; entry #357).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀλείφω (scan p. 2151; entry #6365).

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