οἰσύπη
From LSJ
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ᾽ Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English (LSJ)
ἡ, also οἴσῠπος, ὁ,
A the grease extracted from sheep's wool (οἴσυπος· τὸ ἐκ τῶν οἰσυπηρῶν ἐρίων λίπος Dsc.2.74, cf. Plin.HN29.10), οἰσύπῃ (v.l. οἴσπῃ, q. v.) προβάτων Hdt.4.187 ; οἰσύπη αἰγός Hp.Mul.2.195 ; used for medicinal purposes, Dsc. and Plin. ll.cc.: —freq. confused with οἰσπώτη (q. v.).
