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ἀλοιφή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλοιφή ἀλοιφῆς

Structure: ἀλοιφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)lei/fw

Sense

  1. grease
  2. unguent

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀλοιφή ἀλοιφᾱ́ ἀλοιφαί
Genitive ἀλοιφῆς ἀλοιφαῖν ἀλοιφῶν
Dative ἀλοιφῇ ἀλοιφαῖν ἀλοιφαῖς
Accusative ἀλοιφήν ἀλοιφᾱ́ ἀλοιφᾱ́ς
Vocative ἀλοιφή ἀλοιφᾱ́ ἀλοιφαί

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.

Examples

  • μιτρηφορέειν τε ἀναδεῖξαι, καὶ μύρων ἀλοιφὰσ ἐκδιδάξαι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 7 10:2)
  • εἰ δ’ αὖ ἐθέλεισ εἰσ πλούτουσ ἀποβλέψαι καὶ τρυφὰσ καὶ ἐσθῆτασ ἱματίων θ’ ἕλξεισ καὶ μύρων ἀλοιφὰσ καὶ θεραπόντων πλήθουσ ἀκολουθίασ τήν τε ἄλλην ἁβρότητα τὴν Περσῶν, αἰσχυνθείησ ἂν ἐπὶ σεαυτῷ, αἰσθόμενοσ ὅσον αὐτῶν ἐλλείπεισ. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 116:3)

Synonyms

  1. unguent

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