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ἄλειψις

aleipsis · ἡ

anointing, method, custom of anointing

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Where it lives

Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἄλειψις · aleipsis — LSJ

anointing

anointing, Hp. Hum. 10, Arist. GA 785a30, Thphr. Sud. 39, etc.: pl., Perict. ap. Stob. 4.28.19.

2 method, custom of anointing

method or custom of anointing, Hdt. 3.22.

3 polishing

polishing, ἀνδριάντων BGU 362 vii 14 (iii A. D.).

In the wild

ἀλείψιος · aleipsios Herodotus, Histories 3.22.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3019)

Where it came from

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