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

 

• IPA^(key): /lí.pos/ → /ˈli.pos/ → /ˈli.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lí.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pos/

Noun

λίπος • (lípos) n (genitive λίπους); third declension

1. animal fat, lard, tallow

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λῐ́πος; τοῦ λῐ́πους (Attic)

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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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)

1. fat, tallow

Declension

Declension of λίπος

	singular	plural
nominative	λίπος (lípos)	λίπη (lípi)
genitive	λίπους (lípous)	λιπών (lipón)
accusative	λίπος (lípos)	λίπη (lípi)
vocative	λίπος (lípos)	λίπη (lípi)

Derived terms

• ακόρεστα λίπη n pl (akóresta lípi, “unsaturated fat”)
• ζωικά λίπη n pl (zoïká lípi, “animal fat”)
• κεκορσεμένα λίπη n pl (kekorseména lípi, “saturated fat”)
• μαγειρικά λίπη n pl (mageiriká lípi, “cooking fat”)
• φυτικά λίπη n pl (fytiká lípi, “vegetable fat”)

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