ἀλείφω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bibl">Hdt.3.8</span>, etc.: fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -ψω <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>40.15</span>, (ἐξ-) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1486</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>386c</span>: aor. ἤλειψα Hom., Att., Ep. ἄλειψα <span class="bibl">Od.12.177</span>: pf. [[ἀλήλῐφα]] (ἀπ-) <span class="bibl">D.52.2</span>):—Med., fut. -ψομαι <span class="bibl">Th.4.68</span>: aor. [[ἠλειψάμην]] Att., Ep. ἀλ- <span class="bibl">Il.14.171</span>:—Pass., fut. [[ἀλειφθήσομαι]] (ἐξ-) <span class="bibl">D.25.73</span>: aor. 1 ἠλείφθην <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>4.54</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>217c</span>, etc.: aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἐξ-ηλίφην</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>258b</span>, (ἀπ-) <span class="bibl">D.C.55.3</span>: pf ἀλήλιμμαι <span class="bibl">Th.4.68</span>, (ἐξ-, ὑπ-) <span class="bibl">D.25.70</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>10.6</span> (<b class="b3">-ει-</b> is freq. found in pf. forms in codd.): ([[ἀ-]], euph., <b class="b3">λιπ-</b>, cf. [[λίπος]]):—[[anoint the skin with oil]], as was done after bathing, Act.referring to another, Med. to oneself, λοῦσαι κέλετ' ἀμφί τ' ἀλεῖψαι <span class="bibl">Il.24.582</span>; Hom. elsewh. always adds [[λίπα]] or <b class="b3">λίπ' ἐλαίῳ</b> (v. sub [[λίπα]]), πάντα λοέσσατο καὶ λίπ' ἄλειψεν <span class="bibl">Od.6.227</span>; λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ' ἐλαίῳ <span class="bibl">Il.10.577</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14.171</span>, <span class="bibl">18.350</span>: later of [[anointing for gymnastic exercises]], λίπα μετὰ τοῦ γυμνάζεσθαι ἠλείψαντο <span class="bibl">Th.1.6</span>; generally, λίπα ἀλείφεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.4.68</span>; βακκάρι ῥῖνας <span class="bibl">Hippon.41</span>; of [[anointing]] the sick, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Georg.</span>60</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Jac.</span>5.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[supply oil]] for gymnasts, <b class="b3">ἀλειφούσης τῆς πόλεως</b> <span class="title">CIG</span> (add.) <span class="bibl">1957g</span> (Maced.); <b class="b3">ἀ. πανήγυριν, ἔθνη</b>, <span class="title">Inscr.Magn.</span>163, <span class="title">OGI</span>533.47 (Ancyra); <b class="b3">οἱ -όμενοι</b> [[youths undergoing gymnastic training]], ib. 339.72 (Sestos), etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀ. ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ</b> ib.764.5 (Pergam.), al.; <b class="b3">ἀλείφεσθαι παρά τινι</b> [[to attend]] a [[gymnastic school]], <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.2.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[polish]], τράπεζαν <span class="bibl">Diph.74</span>; δακτύλιον <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>21</span>; ἀγάλματα <span class="bibl">Artem.2.33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., <b class="b2">prepare as if for gymnastics, encourage, stimulate, instigate</b>, Demad.17, Pl. ap. <span class="bibl">D.L.4.6</span>; ἐπὶ τὴν πολιτικὴν ἀγωνίαν Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.59 S.; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν Κλώδιον <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>2.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>3</span>; τινὰ κατά τινος <span class="bibl">Ph.1.549</span>; τινὰ ἐπὶ φαρμακείαν <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Mac.</span>11.7</span>:—Pass., τοὺς -ομένους ἐπί τι Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.158 S. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[daub]], [[plaster]], [[besmear]], <b class="b3">οὔατα ἀλεῖψαι</b> [[stop up]] ears, <span class="bibl">Od.12.47</span>,<span class="bibl">177</span>,<span class="bibl">200</span>; ἀ. αἵματι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.8</span>; μίλτῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>10.5</span>; ψιμυθίῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>217d</span>; κυανῷ <span class="bibl">Paus.5.11.5</span>.</span>