ἀλίνειν
From LSJ
ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἀπόλωλεν, ἐπεὶ πίεν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ → so there he perished, when he had drunk the salt water
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: (cod. -νεῖν) ἀλείφειν H. ἀλῖναι ἐπαλεῖψαι H. ἰν-αλαλισμένα engraved (Cyprus). καταλῖναι. καταλεῖψαι H. is now confirmed by an inscr. from Selinous, RPh 69, 1995, 128, l. 16.
Derivatives: Verbal noun ἄλινσις του ἐργαστηρίου (Epid.).
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [00] *h₂lei(H)- smear
Etymology: ἀλίνω prob. < *ἀλιν-ι̯ω will be cognate with Lat. lino besmear, rub, orig. an n-present (perf. lēvi)?; root ἀλι- < *h₂li-. One would like to reconstruct *h₂li-n-H-, but Lat. litus has short i (after lino? LIV 247f.). The same root as in ἀλείφω.
