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λίπος

lipos

n

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What it meant

1. λίπος · lipos — Frisk

λίπος n. “Fett’ s. Aina. Alntw “begehren’ (A.R., Lyk., Nik.), Perf. Med. λελιμμένος “verlangend’ (A. Th. 355, 380). — Daneben Alp‘ ἐπιϑυμία H.; 128 λῖρός--«λῖς außerdem noch λίπαρέω “beharren, beharrlich od. dringend bitten, wiederholt fragen’ (ion. αὐ.) mit λιπαρίη “Beharrlichkeit, Ausdauer’ (Hdt. u. a.) und λιπαρής “beharrlich, zudringlich, eifrig’ (S., Ar., Pl. u. a.); über Aunag-ew, -in, -ἡς Scheller … — [Frisk, s.v. λίπος, p. 1099]

2. λίπος · lipos — LSJ

animal fat, lard, tallow, fat, a fleck

animal fat, lard, tallow, Arist. Long. 467a3, cf. Pr. 935b20: pl., χηνὸς λίπη AP 9.377.8 (Pall.); βεβρῶτες αἵματος λ. gorged with fat and blood, S. Ant. 1022; but λ. αἵματος a fleck of blood, A. Ag. 1428 (lyr., λίβος Casaub.); of vegetable oil, λ. ἐλαίας S. Fr. 398, cf. Thphr. HP 3.18.3, 8.7.3, Call. Ap. 39. (Cf. λίπα, λιπαρός, λιπάω, λιπαίνω, Skt. lip- ‘anoint’, Lith. lipti ‘stick’.)

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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. λίπος (scan p. 912; entry #3779).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λίπος (scan p. 659; entry #4858).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λίπος (scan pp. 1099-1100; entry #3595).

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