Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λίπ’ ‎(líp’) apocope before a word beginning in a vowel

Adverb

λίπα • ‎(lípa)

1. richly
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.577–578

     τὼ δὲ λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ’ ἐλαίῳ / δείπνῳ ἐφιζανέτην

     The two of them, after washing and anointing themselves richly with oil, / sat down for dinner

   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 522

     εὖ τε λοεσσαμένη τέρενα χρόα καὶ λίπ’ ἐλαίῳ / χρισαμένη

     having washed her tender skin well and anointed herself richly with oil

Usage notes

Often modifies χρῑ́ω ‎(khrī́ō) and ᾰ̓λείφω ‎(aleíphō, “anoint”), and often combined with the instrumental dative ἐλαίῳ ‎(elaíōi, “with oil”).

References

• λίπα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press