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λιπαρός

liparos

oily, shiny with oil

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What it meant

λῐπᾰρ-ός · lipar-os — LSJ

oily, shiny with oil, anointed, shiny

oily, shiny with oil, once in Hom., anointed, λιπαροὶ κεφαλὰς καὶ καλὰ πρόσωπα Od. 15.332; λ. χωρεῖν ἐκ βαλανείου Ar. Pl. 616; θεᾶσθαι λιπαρὸν παρὰ τῷ Διονύσῳ Id. Eq. 536, cf. Nu. 1002; σοὶ δὲ μελήσει . . λιπαρῷ (Bentl. for -ρῶς) χωρεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον Id. Ec. 652; of oil or oily objects, shiny, Simon. 148.4, X. Mem. 2.1.31, Pl. Ti. 60a, 84a, Arist. HA 520a27.

2 fatty, greasy, unctuous dishes, fatty substance, oily, boiled in grease, in grease, with a greasy, oily lubricant

fatty, greasy, ἄρτος Ar. Fr. 109; τὰ λ. unctuous dishes, ib. 506.1; τὸ λ. fatty substance, Arist. PA 651a24; λιπαραί (sc. ἔμπλαστροι), αἱ, oily plasters, Dsc. 1.112, Gal. 12.468: sts. opp. τὸ πῖον (which implies resinous substance), Arist. Mete. 387b6, cf. Col. 791b23; of vegetables boiled in grease, Hp. Mul. 1.66. Adv. -ρῶς, ἕψειν boil in grease, Hp. Mul. l.c.; so λ. ἠρτυμένον Gal. 9.677; ἀνατρίβειν massage with a greasy or oily lubricant, Hp. Art. 9.

II shining, sleek, bright, smooth, radiant

of the healthy look of the human body or skin, shining, sleek, in Hom. in phrase λιπαροὶ πόδες bright, smooth feet, without a wrinkle on the skin, mostly of menʼs feet, in the line ποσσὶ δʼ ὑπὸ λιπαροῖσιν ἐδήσατο καλὰ πέδιλα Il. 2.44, al.; of Hera, 14.186; of Themis, Hes. Th. 901; -ώτεροι ἐγένοντο Hdt. 3.23; λ. στῆθος Ar. Nu. 1012; θηρία X. Cyr. 1.4.11; χείλεα Luc. Am. 13; radiant, θυγάτηρ χρόνου B. 7.1; ἄκοιτις Id. 5.169.

III rich, comfortable, easy

of condition or state of life, rich, comfortable, easy, γῆρας Od. 11.136, 19.368, Pi. N. 7.99; λ. εὐφροσύνη AP 11.63 (Maced.). Adv. -ρῶς, γηρασκέμεν Od. 4.210; πλήσαντα λ. κύκλον ἐτῶν ἑκατόν Epigr.Gr. 451.

IV bright, brilliant, splendid, rich, oily smoothness, rich, savoury

of things, bright, brilliant, λιπαρὴ καλύπτρη Il. 22.406; λ. κρήδεμνα Od. 1.334, etc.; χοροί Hes. Th. 63; of city walls, Od. 13.388; λ. δόμος B. 15.29; νίκα Id. 10.38; στέφανοι Id. 1.47; λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας splendid or rich tribute, Il. 9.156, 298; also, of the oily smoothness of a calm sea, λ. γαλάνα Theoc. 22.19, cf. Call. Epigr. 6.5; also σέλας Theoc. 23.8; and of smells, λ. ὀσμή rich, savoury, Arist. de An. 421a30, cf. Sens. 443b10.

V fat, rich, fruitful, brilliant, greasy

of soil, fat, rich, fruitful, as epith. of places, Χίος, ἣ νήσων λιπαρωτάτη εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται h.Ap. 38; λ. πόλις Thgn. 947; λ. Ὀρχομενός, Θῆβαι, Νάξος, Μαραθών, Pi. O. 14.2, P. 2.3, 4.88, O. 13.110; λιπαραὶ Ἀθῆναι, favourite epith. with the Athenians, prob. with allusion to the Attic olive, first in Pi. I. 2.20, Fr. 76, cf. Ar. Ach. 639, 640 (where he plays on the double sense of brilliant and greasy), Nu.300, Fr. 110; λ. τὸ χρῆμα τῆς πόλεως, of Nephelococcygia, Id. Av. 826; λ. χεύματα, of rivers,

VI

Adv. λῐπαρῶς, v. supr. I, ΙΙΙ.

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