λίπος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *lípos, from i-Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“fat substance”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lí.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈli.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈli.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈli.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.pos/
Noun
λῐ́πος • (lĭ́pos) n (genitive λῐ́πους); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ λῐ́πος tò lĭ́pos |
τὼ λῐ́πει tṑ lĭ́pei |
τᾰ̀ λῐ́πη tằ lĭ́pē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λῐ́πους toû lĭ́pous |
τοῖν λῐποῖν toîn lĭpoîn |
τῶν λῐπῶν tôn lĭpôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λῐ́πει tōî lĭ́pei |
τοῖν λῐποῖν toîn lĭpoîn |
τοῖς λῐ́πεσῐ / λῐ́πεσῐν toîs lĭ́pesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λῐ́πος tò lĭ́pos |
τὼ λῐ́πει tṑ lĭ́pei |
τᾰ̀ λῐ́πη tằ lĭ́pē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῐ́πος lĭ́pos |
λῐ́πει lĭ́pei |
λῐ́πη lĭ́pē | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ᾰ̓κρολῐ́πᾰρος (ăkrolĭ́păros, “fat on the surface”)
- ᾰ̓λῐ́πᾰντος (ălĭ́păntos, “without grease”)
- ᾰ̓λῐπής (ălĭpḗs, “without fat; meagre”)
- ᾰ̓πολῐπαίνω (ăpolĭpaínō, “to oil”)
- ἐκλῐπαίνομαι (eklĭpaínomai, “to be enriched or fertilized”)
- ἐκλῐπαίνω (eklĭpaínō, “to make smooth as oil”)
- ἔλλῐπος (éllĭpos, “greasy”)
- ἐπῐλῐπαίνω (epĭlĭpaínō, “to make fat or sleek”)
- ἐπῐλῐπής (epĭlĭpḗs, “fatty”)
- εὐλῐπής (eulĭpḗs, “very fat”)
- κᾰτᾰλῐπαίνω (kătălĭpaínō, “to make very fat”)
- κᾰτᾰλῐ́πᾰρος (kătălĭ́păros, “very greasy”)
- λῐ́πᾰ (lĭ́pă, “richly with oil”, adverb)
- λῐπᾰ́ζω (lĭpắzō, “to oil or anoint”)
- λῐπαίνω (lĭpaínō, “to oil or anoint”)
- λῐ́πᾰνσῐς (lĭ́pănsĭs, “anointing”)
- λῐπᾰντέον (lĭpăntéon, “one must anoint”)
- λῐπᾰντῐκός (lĭpăntĭkós, “of anointing”)
- λῐπᾰρᾱ́ (lĭpărā́, “fatty poultice”)
- λῐπᾰρᾰ́μπῠξ (lĭpărắmpŭx, “with bright fillet or headband”)
- λῐπᾰραυγής (lĭpăraugḗs, “bright-beaming”)
- λῐπᾰρῐ́ᾱ (lĭpărĭ́ā, “fatness”)
- λῐπᾰρῐᾰ́ζω (lĭpărĭắzō, “to anoint with oil”)
- λῐπᾰρῐ́σχῐος (lĭpărĭ́skhĭos, “with glistening hips”)
- λῐπᾰροβῶλᾰξ (lĭpărobôlăx, “chubby”)
- λῐπᾰρόγειος (lĭpărógeios, “with rich soil”)
- λῐπᾰρόζωνος (lĭpărózōnos, “bright-girdled”)
- λῐπᾰρόθρονος (lĭpăróthronos, “bright-throned”)
- λῐπᾰροκρήδεμνος (lĭpărokrḗdemnos, “with bright headband”)
- λῐπᾰρόμμᾰτος (lĭpărómmătos, “lustrous-eyed”)
- λῐπᾰρόν (lĭpărón, “oily or fatty substance”)
- λῐπᾰροπλόκᾰμος (lĭpăroplókămos, “with glossy locks”)
- λῐπᾰροποιέω (lĭpăropoiéō, “to make very fat”)
- λῐπᾰροποιός (lĭpăropoiós, “fattening”)
- λῐπᾰρός (lĭpărós, “oily, shiny; fatty, greasy”)
- λῐπᾰρόσκηπτρος (lĭpăróskēptros, “of the magnificent sceptre”)
- λῐπᾰροστέλεχος (lĭpărostélekhos, “with a fat trunk”)
- λῐπᾰρότης (lĭpărótēs, “fattiness; brilliancy”)
- λῐπᾰρότροφος (lĭpărótrophos, “richly fed”)
- λῐπᾰρόχροος (lĭpărókhroos, “with shining sleek skin”)
- λῐπᾰρόχρους (lĭpărókhrous, “with shining sleek skin”)
- λῐπᾰρόχρως (lĭpărókhrōs, “with shining sleek skin”)
- λῐπᾰρῶς (lĭpărôs, “with fat; in abundance”)
- λῐπᾰρώψ (lĭpărṓps, “bright-looking”)
- λῐ́πᾰς (lĭ́păs, “fat”)
- λῐ́πᾰσμᾰ (lĭ́păsmă, “greasy, fattening substance”)
- λῐπᾰσμός (lĭpăsmós, “anointing”)
- λῐπᾰ́ω (lĭpắō, “to be sleek or radiant; to anoint”)
- λῐπέλαιον (lĭpélaion, “olives rich in oil”)
- λῐπο- (lĭpo-), λῐπό- (lĭpó-), λῐπ- (lĭp-)
- λῐπότης (lĭpótēs, “fatness”)
- λῐπόω (lĭpóō, “to anoint”)
- λῐπόων (lĭpóōn, “sleek or radiant”)
- λῐπώδης (lĭpṓdēs, “fatty, oily”)
- λῐπῶν (lĭpôn, “sleek or radiant”)
- νᾰρδολῐπής (nărdolĭpḗs, “anointed with spikenard”)
- ὀξῠλῐ́πᾰρος (oxŭlĭ́păros, “vinegar and oil”)
- ὀξῠλῐπὴς (oxŭlĭpḕs, “dressed with vinegar and fat”)
- περῐλῐ́πᾰρος (perĭlĭ́păros, “very moist and shiny”)
- προλῐπαίνω (prolĭpaínō, “to anoint beforehand”)
- προσεπῐλῐπαίνω (prosepĭlĭpaínō, “to enrich yet more”)
- προσλῐπαίνω (proslĭpaínō, “to enrich further”)
- σῠλλῐπαίνομαι (sŭllĭpaínomai, “to be melted together”)
- ῠ̔πολῐπαίνω (hŭpolĭpaínō, “to anoint a little”)
- ῠ̔πολῐ́πᾰρος (hŭpolĭ́păros, “rather fat”)
Descendants
- Greek: λίπος (lípos)
Further reading
- “λίπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λίπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λίπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- fat idem, page 309.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos). For sense substance with fat, a semantic loan from French graisse or English fat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.pos/
- Hyphenation: λί‧πος
Noun
λίπος • (lípos) n (plural λίπη)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | λίπος (lípos) | λίπη (lípi) |
| genitive | λίπους (lípous) | λιπών (lipón) |
| accusative | λίπος (lípos) | λίπη (lípi) |
| vocative | λίπος (lípos) | λίπη (lípi) |
Derived terms
Related terms
- ινολίπωμα n (inolípoma, “adipose neoplasm”)
- λιπαίνω (lipaíno, “lubricate”)
- λιπαρό οξύ n (liparó oxý, “fatty acid”)
- λιπαρός (liparós, “oily, fatty”)
- λιπαρότητα f (liparótita, “fattiness, adipocity”)
- λίπασμα n (lípasma, “fertilizer”)
- λιπίδιο n (lipídio, “lipid”)
- λιπώδης (lipódis, “adipose, fatty”)
- λιπώδης ιστός m (lipódis istós, “adipose tissue”)
- λίπωμα n (lípoma, “lipoma”)
- συλλίπασμα n (syllípasma, “flux”)
- and see: λιπαίνω (lipaíno, “to lubricate”)
Further reading
- λίπος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el