λίπος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *lípos, from i-Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“fat substance”).
Stem λῐπ- (lĭp-), λῐπο- (lĭpo-), λῐπᾰρ- (lĭpăr-, “fat”). Different from λῐπ- (lĭp-, “wanting”) of the aorist ἔλῐπον (élĭpon) of the verb λείπω (leípō, “leave; lack”). Different from λῑπᾰρ- (līpăr-) from λίπτω (líptō, “desire”).
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
λίπος • (lípos) n (genitive λίπους); 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
Stem λῐπ- or λῐπᾰρ- (sense: fat).
Related terms
- ᾰ̓κρολῐ́πᾰρος (ăkrolĭ́păros, “fat on the surface”)
- ἀλῐ́παντος (alĭ́pantos, “without grease”)
- ἀλῐπαρής (alĭparḗs, “not fit for a suppliant”)
- ἀλῐπής (alĭpḗs, “without fat meagre”) (for sense: fat)
- ᾰ̓πολῐπαίνω (ăpolĭpaínō, “I oil”)
- ᾰ̓ρχολῐ́πᾰρος (ărkholĭ́păros, “grasping at office”)
- ἐκλῐπαίνομαι (eklĭpaínomai, “be enriched, fertilized”)
- ἐκλῐπαίνω (eklĭpaínō, “make smooth as oil”)
- ἔλλῐπος (éllĭpos, “greasy”)
- ἐπῐλῐπαίνω (epĭlĭpaínō, “make fat or sleek”)
- ἐπῐλῐπής (epĭlĭpḗs, “fatty”) (for sense: fat)
- εὐλῐπής (eulĭpḗs, “very fat”)
- κᾰτᾰλῐπαίνω (kătălĭpaínō, “make very fat”)
- κᾰτᾰλῐ́πᾰρος (kătălĭ́păros, “very greasy”)
- λῐπο-, λῐπό-, λῐπ-
- λῐ́πᾰ (lĭ́pă, “richly with oil”, adverb)
- λῐπαίνω (lĭpaínō, “oil, anoint; glisten”)
- λῐ́πανσῐς f (lĭ́pansĭs, “anointing”)
- λῐπαντέον (lĭpantéon, “one must anoint”)
- λῐπαντικός (lĭpantikós, “of anointing”)
- λῐπᾰράμπυξ (lĭpărámpux, “with bright fillet or headband”)
- λῐπᾰραυγής (lĭpăraugḗs, “bright-beaming”)
- λῐπᾰρῐ́ᾱ (lĭpărĭ́ā) (for sense: fat)
- λῐπᾰρόζωνος (lĭpărózōnos, “bright-girdled”)
- λῐπᾰρόθρονος (lĭpăróthronos, “bright-throned”)
- λῐπᾰρόμμᾰτος (lĭpărómmătos, “lustrous-eyed”)
- λῐπᾰροπλόκᾰμος (lĭpăroplókămos, “with glossy locks”)
- λῐπᾰροποιέω (lĭpăropoiéō, “κᾰτᾰλῐπαίνω, make very fat”)
- λῐπᾰρός (lĭpărós, “oily, shiny, brilliamt; fatty, greasy”)
- λῐπᾰρότης f (lĭpărótēs, “fattiness; brilliancy”)
- λῐπᾰρότροφος (lĭpărótrophos, “richly fed”)
- λῐπᾰρόχροος (lĭpărókhroos, “with shining sleek skin”), λῐπᾰρόχρως
- λῐπᾰρώψ (lĭpărṓps, “bright-looking”)
- λῐ́πας n (lĭ́pas, “λίπος, fat”)
- λῐ́πασμα n (lĭ́pasma, “greasy, fattening substance”)
- λῐπασμός m (lĭpasmós, “anointing”)
- λῐπάω (lĭpáō, “to be sleek, radiant; anoint”)
- λῐπέλαιον n (lĭpélaion, “pinguis olivi, olives rich in oil”)
- λῐπότης f (lĭpótēs, “fatness”)
- λῐπώδης (lĭpṓdēs, “fatty, oily”)
- ναρδολῐπής (nardolĭpḗs, “anointed with nard-oil,”)
- ὀξῠλῐ́πᾰρος (oxŭlĭ́păros, “vinegar and oil”)
- ὀξῠλῐπὴς (oxŭlĭpḕs, “dressed with vinegar and fat”)
- περῐλῐ́πᾰρος (perĭlĭ́păros, “very moist and shiny”)
- προλῐπαίνω (prolĭpaínō, “anoint beforehand”)
- προσεπῐλῐπαίνω (prosepĭlĭpaínō, “enrich yet more”)
- προσλῐπαίνω (proslĭpaínō, “enrich further”)
- σῠλλῐπαίνομαι (sŭllĭpaínomai, “be melted together”)
- ῠ̔πολῐπαίνω (hŭpolĭpaínō, “anoint a little”)
- ῠ̔πολίπᾰρος (hŭpolípăros, “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. For sense substance with fat, Semantic loan from French graisse or English fat. See stem λιπ- for sense: “fat”. Different from λιπ- for sense: “wanting” (as in ελλιπής).
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