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λίπος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: λίπος λίπεος

Structure: λιπο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. fat, fat

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λίπος λίπει λίπη
Genitive λίπους λίποιν λιπέων
Dative λίπει λίποιν λίπεσιν*
Accusative λίπος λίπει λίπη
Vocative λίπος λίπει λίπη

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

  • νῦν δ’ ἐσ νόσον πεσὼν μακρὴν καὶ μὴ θάνῃ δεδοικὼσ ὁ μὴ θεοὺσ εἶναι λέγων, ὁ νηὸν οὐδὲ βλέψασ, ὁ πολλὰ χλευάσασ βροτούσ, ὅσοι θεοῖσ ἔθυον, οὐ μοῦνον ἐσχάρησ ὕπερ βωμῶν τε καὶ τραπέζησ κνίσῃ, λίπει, θυλήμασιν θεῶν ἔδαισε ῥῖνασ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. z'. BIWN 10:4)
  • πλεονάζουσα μὲν οὖν τῷ λίπει πρὸσ ἐκπύρωσιν ἐπιτηδεία, καθάπερ ἡ θειώδησ πᾶσα, ἐξικμασθεῖσα δὲ καὶ λαβοῦσα σβέσιν καὶ ἐκτέφρωσιν εἰσ καρπογονίαν μετέβαλε. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 16:9)

Synonyms

  1. fat

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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