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ἀλοιφή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλοιφή ἀλοιφῆς

Structure: ἀλοιφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)lei/fw

Sense

grease
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

ἀνθέξεται τοῦ μὴ πεσεῖν εἰσ θάνατον, ἀνανεώσει δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ σῶμα ὥσπερ ἀλοιφὴν ἐπὶ τοίχου, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐμπλήσει μυελοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 33:24)
συκοφαντοῦσι τὸν ἑαυτῶν βίον, εἰ μίαν ἔσχηκεν ὥσπερ βιβλίον ἀλοιφὴν ἐν πᾶσι καθαροῖσ καὶ ἀκεραίοισ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad uxorem, section 8 8:1)
ἀλλ’ οὐκ εὐώδη γαστρὸσ κέκτηνται ἀλοιφὴν οὐδ’ οὕτω δριμεῖαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 86 3:1)
"τὸ μὲν ὄρφνιον καὶ ῥυπαρόν, ἀνελευθερίασ ἀλοιφὴν καὶ πλεονεξίασ, τὸ δ’ αἱματωπὸν καὶ διάπυρον, ὠμότητοσ καὶ πικρίασ ὅπου δὲ τὸ γλαύκινόν ἐστιν, ἐντεῦθεν ἀκρασία τισ περὶ ἡδονὰσ ἐκτέτριπται μόλισ· (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 22 32:2)
φυτὸν οὖσαν οὐδ’ ὅτι φιλήνεμόσ ἐστιν ὥσπερ ἡ θάλασσα καὶ γὰρ τοῦτό τινεσ λέγουσιν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὰσ ναυπηγίασ μάλιστα, καὶ γὰρ αὐτὴ καὶ τὰ ἀδελφὰ δένδρα, πεῦκαι καὶ στρόβιλοι, τῶν τε ξύλων παρέχει τὰ πλοϊμώτατα, πίττησ τε καὶ ῥητίνησ ἀλοιφήν, ἧσ ἄνευ τῶν συμπαγέντων ὄφελοσ οὐδὲν ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 5, 8:1)

Synonyms

unguent
- χριμα (unguent, oil)
- ἐξάλειπτρον (an unguent-box)
- σμῆγμα (soap or unguent)

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Sense

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unguent

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