aliptes

Latin

Alternative forms

• alīpta

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλείπτης (aleíptēs, “anointer, trainer in gymnasia”), so called because he oversaw the anointing of the wrestlers with oil, from ἀλείφω (aleíphō, “to anoint”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈliːp.teːs/, [äˈlʲiːpt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈlip.tes/, [äˈlipt̪es]

Noun

alīptēs m (genitive alīptae); first declension

1. a manager or trainer at a wrestling school; an alipta

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	alīptēs	alīptae
genitive	alīptae	alīptārum
dative	alīptae	alīptīs
accusative	alīptēn	alīptās
ablative	alīptē	alīptīs
vocative	alīptē	alīptae

References

• “aliptes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aliptes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers