λίπος

English (LSJ)

[ῐ], εος, τό, prop.

   A animal fat, lard, tallow, Arist.Long.467a3, cf. Pr.935b20: pl., χηνὸς λίπη AP9.377.8 (Pall.); βεβρῶτες αἵματος λ. gorged with fat and blood, S.Ant.1022; but λ. αἵματος a fleck of blood, A.Ag.1428 (lyr., λίβος Casaub.); of vegetable oil, λ. ἐλαίας S.Fr.398, cf. Thphr.HP3.18.3, 8.7.3, Call.Ap.39. (Cf. λίπα, λιπαρός, λιπάω, λιπαίνω, Skt. lip- 'anoint', Lith. lipti 'stick'.)