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lippus

having watery or inflamed eyes

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Epistulae 2 · 2.02/10k
Miles Gloriosus 2 · 1.58/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Epigrammata 7 · 1.24/10k
Satyricon 3 · 0.99/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

1. lippus — de Vaan

lippus 'having watery or inflamed eyes' [adj. o/a] (PL+) Derivatives: lippire 'to have watery or inflamed eyes' (P1.+), lippitudo 'imflammation or watering of the eyes' (P1.+). Pit *l(e)ipo-7 PIE *l(e)ip-o- 'sticky, fat'? IE cognates: Gr λίπος [η.] 'fat5, λιπαρός 'fat, greased'. One of the many adjectives of physical defect with geminated stop. Might belong to ΡΪΕ *leip- 'to be sticky, be fat', but the semantics are … — [de Vaan, s.v. lippus, p. 359]

2. lippus — Lewis & Short

lippus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. lip, to smear; Gr. li/pa, li/pos, fat; a)/leifa, salve; whence adeps,

I blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed.

I Lit.: num tibi lippus videor, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 21: (matrem) cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis, id. ib. 4, 3, 15 lippi illic oculi seruos est simillimus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72; id. Pers. 1, 1, 11; Vitr. 8, 4, 4: non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; cf.: lippus Illinere, id. S. 1, 5, 30.—Prov.: omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus, i. e. to everybody, Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—

B Transf.

1 Dim-sighted, nearly blind, half-blind, purblind: fuligine lippus, Juv. 10, 130: patres, Pers. 1, 79.—

2 Dropping, running: lippa sub attrita fronte lacuna putet, of an empty eye-socket, Mart. 8, 59, 2: ficus, an over-ripe fig, dropping with juice, id. 7, 20, 12.—

II Trop., blind to one's own faults: vappa et lippus, Pers. 5, 76; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 25.

3. lippus — Walde–Hofmann

lippus, -a, -um „triefend, triefáugig" (seit Plaut. [lippum n. Claud. Mam.j, rom. fin Abltg.], ebenso *lippidus ds. [in Abltg.]; vgl. lippitüdó ,Augentriefen^ und lippiö, -ire „bin triefáugig" sext Plt., Zippulus Arnob, Hippido, -inis Fulg., Zippésco Hier., lippösus [vgl. grammösus) Ps. Fulg. serm. 17 f. 880D, lippes Pl. „Augenbutter“ Orib. u. a. [Svennung Wortst. 93; nach faeces, fracés u. dgl.]): aus *lipos mit … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lippus, p. 843]

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. lippus (scan p. 359; entry #924). Root candidates: *leip-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lippus (scan p. 386; entry #6105).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. lippus (scan pp. 843-844; entry #1564). Root candidates: *lei-, *liho-, *oip-.

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