Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

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

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

  • εἶπε δὲ Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. κατάγραψον τοῦτο εἰσ μνημόσυνονἐν βιβλίῳ καὶ δὸσ εἰσ τὰ ὦτα Ἰησοῦ, ὅτι ἀλοιφῇ ἐξαλείψω τὸ μνημόσυνον Ἀμαλὴκ ἐκ τῆσ ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 17:14)
  • καὶ ἰδοὺ πέπτωκεν ὁ τοῖχοσ, καὶ οὐκ ἐροῦσι πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ. ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἀλοιφὴ ὑμῶν, ἣν ἠλείψατε̣ (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 13:12)
  • καί ῥ’ ἡ μέν ἀναβλύεσκε γάλακτι, ἡ δ’ οἴνῳ, τριτάτη δὲ θυώδεϊ νᾶεν ἀλοιφῇ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 4:35)
  • αὐτὰρ ἀλοιφῇ νεκταρέῃ φαιδρύνετ’ ἐπὶ χρόα· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 14:17)
  • ἦρι δὲ μυδήνασ τόδε φάρμακον, ἠύτ’ ἀλοιφῇ γυμνωθεὶσ φαίδρυνε τεὸν δέμασ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 17:18)

Synonyms

  1. unguent

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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