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λῐπαίνω

lipaino

oil, anoint

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λῐπαίνω · lipainō — LSJ

oil, anoint, oiling, anoint oneself

oil, anoint, τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐλαίῳ Hp. Mul. 1.35; χρῶτα μύροις Anaxil. 18.1; χαρᾶς ὕπο σῶμα λ. ἱδρῶτι Aspasia ap. Ath. 5.219c; πάσμασι σῶμα λ. Axionic. l.c., cf. PMag.Osl. 1.212; of oiling the τόνοι in a machine to preserve them, Ph. Bel. 61.37:—Med., anoint oneself, AP l.c.

2 make fat, enrich

of rivers, make fat, enrich, χώραν ὕδασιν E. Ba. 575 (lyr.), cf. Hec. 454 (lyr.); of Sciron swallowed by a sea-tortoise, χέλυος . . ἐλιπήνατο λαιμόν Euph. l.c. (s. v.l.).

II glisten

intr., of the eyes, glisten with tears, Epicur. Fr. 120.

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