ἄλειμμα
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἄλειμμα
ἄλειμματος
Structure:
ἀλειμματ
(Stem)
Sense
- anything used for anointing, unguent, fat, oil
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- "Ἱκέσιοσ δ’ ἐν β’ περὶ Ὕλησ τῶν μύρων, φησίν, ἃ μέν ἐστιν χρίματα,4 ἃ δ’ ἀλείμματα, καὶ ῥόδινον μὲν πρὸσ πότον ἐπιτήδειον, ἔτι δὲ μύρσινον, μήλινον τοῦτο δ’ ἐστὶν καὶ εὐστόμαχον καὶ ληθαργικοῖσ χρήσιμον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 4:40)
- τήν τεπαῖδ’ ἀλείμματα παρὰ τῆσ θεοῦ λαβοῦσαν εἶτα τοὺσ πόδασ ἐκέλευ’ ἀλείφειν πρῶτον, εἶτα τὰ γόνατα, ὡσ θᾶττον ἡ παῖσ δ’ ἥψατ’ αὐτοῦ τῶν ποδῶν ἔτριψὲ τ’, ἀνεπήδησεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 78 2:1)
- διὸ καὶ πάντων ἐκτὸσ εἰδῶν εἶναι χρεὼν τὸ τὰ πάντα ἐκδεξόμενον ἐν αὑτῷ γένη, καθάπερ περὶ τὰ ἀλείμματα ὁπόσα εὐώδη τέχνῃ μηχανῶνται πρῶτον τοῦτ’ αὐτὸ ὑπάρχον, ποιοῦσιν ὅτι μάλιστα ἀώδη τὰ δεξόμενα ὑγρὰ τὰσ ὀσμάσ· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 211:2)
- ἔτι δὲ τὸν ἥμερον καρπόν, τόν τε ξηρόν, ὃσ ἡμῖν τῆσ τροφῆσ ἕνεκά ἐστιν, καὶ ὅσοισ χάριν τοῦ σίτου προσχρώμεθα ‐ καλοῦμεν δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰ μέρη σύμπαντα ὄσπρια ‐ καὶ τὸν ὅσοσ ξύλινοσ, πώματα καὶ βρώματα καὶ ἀλείμματα φέρων, παιδιᾶσ τε ὃσ ἕνεκα ἡδονῆσ τε γέγονε δυσθησαύριστοσ ἀκροδρύων καρπόσ, ὅσα τε παραμύθια πλησμονῆσ μεταδόρπια ἀγαπητὰ κάμνοντι τίθεμεν, ἅπαντα ταῦτα ἡ τότε ποτὲ οὖσα ὑφ’ ἡλίῳ νῆσοσ ἱερὰ καλά τε καὶ θαυμαστὰ καὶ πλήθεσιν ἄπειρ’ ἔφερεν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 61:1)
- "ἀλλὰ καὶ τροφαῖσ καὶ ὕπνοισ καὶ περὶ λουτρὰ καὶ ἀλείμματα καὶ κατακλίσεισ ἀεὶ πάρεστι καὶ συνεκδέχεται καὶ συνεκτιθηνεῖται τὸν κάμνοντα, πολλῷ τῷ οἰκείῳ καὶ κατὰ φύσιν ἐξαμαυροῦσα τἀλλότριον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 12:3)
Synonyms
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anything used for anointing