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