λίπος
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
λιπαίνω
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
lipainō
English translation (word)
to anoint
Transliteration (Etymon)
lipos
English translation (etymon)
fat
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Genuinum, lambda 132
Ed.
K. Alpers, Bericht über Stand und Methode der Ausgabe des Etymologicum genuinum [Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Hist.-filol. Meddelelser 44.3. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1969]
Quotation
Λίπος, Λιπαίνω· παρὰ τὸ λίπος. τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ λίαν πιότητα ἔχειν.
Translation (En)
Lipos "fat", lipainō "to anoint": from lipos. The latter from the fact that it has too much fat (lian piotēta)
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 566 (idem)
Modern etymology
Belongs with λιπαρός "fat" (adj.), λίπος "fat" (noun), λίπα. PIE *leip- "to stick". Cognate with Ved. rip- (f.) "defilement", riprá- (n.) "dirt", répas- (n.) "dirt, stain" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has λιπαίνω "to smear" has a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Correct derivational etymology: λίπος and λιπαίνω belong together.