anoint the skin with oil
ἀλείφω, Hdt. 3.8 , etc.:fut.
A.
-ψω
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.
-ψομαι
Th. 4.68
:aor. ἠλειψάμην
Att. , Ep.
ἀλ-
Il. 14.171
:— Pass. ,fut. ἀλειφθήσομαι(ἐξ-) D. 25.73 :aor. 1
ἠλείφθην
Hp. Morb. 4.54
, Pl. Ly. 217c , etc.:aor. 2 ἐξ-ηλίφην 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 inpf.forms in codd.): (ἀ-, euph.,λιπ-, 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. elsewh. always addsλίπαorλίπ' ἐλαίῳ(v. subλίπα) , πάντα λοέσσατο καὶ λίπ' ἄλειψεν
Od. 6.227
; λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ' ἐλαίῳ
Il. 10.577
, cf. 14.171 , 18.350 : later ofanointing for gymnastic exercises, λίπα μετὰ τοῦ γυμνάζεσθαι ἠλείψαντο
Th. 1.6
; generally, λίπα ἀλείφεσθαι
Id. 4.68
; βακκάρι ῥῖνας
Hippon. 41
; ofanointingthe sick, Men. Georg. 60 , cf. Ep.Jac. 5.14 .
2. supply oilfor gymnasts,ἀλειφούσης τῆς πόλεως CIG(add.) 1957g ( Maced. );ἀ. πανήγυριν, ἔθνη, Inscr.Magn. 163 , OGI 533.47 (Ancyra);οἱ -όμενοι youths undergoing gymnastic training, ib. 339.72 (Sestos), etc.;οἱ ἀ. ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳib. 764.5 (Pergam.), al.;ἀλείφεσθαι παρά τινι to attendagymnastic school, Arr. Epict. 1.2.26 .
3. polish, τράπεζαν
Diph. 74
; δακτύλιον
Thphr. Char. 21
; ἀγάλματα
Artem. 2.33
.
4. 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 -ομένους ἐπί τι
Phld. Rh. 2.158
S.
II. daub, plaster, besmear,οὔατα ἀλεῖψαι stop upears, Od. 12.47 , 177 , 200 ; ἀ. αἵματι
Hdt. 3.8
; μίλτῳ
X. Oec. 10.5
; ψιμυθίῳ
Pl. Ly. 217d
; κυανῷ
Paus. 5.11.5
.
