# λίπος
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *lípos, from i-Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“fat substance”).
Stem λῐπ- (lĭp-), λῐπο- (lĭpo-), λῐπᾰρ- (lĭpăr-, “fat”). Different from λῐπ- (lĭp-, “wanting”) of the aorist ἔλῐπον (élĭpon) of the verb λείπω (leípō, “leave; lack”). Different from λῑπᾰρ- (līpăr-) from λίπτω (líptō, “desire”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lí.pos/ → /ˈli.pos/ → /ˈli.pos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /lí.pos/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈli.pos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈli.pos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈli.pos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈli.pos/

### Noun

λίπος • (lípos) n (genitive λίπους); third declension
* animal fat, lard, tallow

#### Related terms

Stem λῐπ- or λῐπᾰρ- (sense: fat).
* ᾰ̓κρολῐ́πᾰρος (ăkrolĭ́păros, “fat on the surface”)
* ἀλῐ́παντος (alĭ́pantos, “without grease”)
* ἀλῐπαρής (alĭparḗs, “not fit for a suppliant”)
* ἀλῐπής (alĭpḗs, “without fat meagre”) (for sense: fat)
* ᾰ̓πολῐπαίνω (ăpolĭpaínō, “I oil”)
* ᾰ̓ρχολῐ́πᾰρος (ărkholĭ́păros, “grasping at office”)
* ἐκλῐπαίνομαι (eklĭpaínomai, “be enriched, fertilized”)
* ἐκλῐπαίνω (eklĭpaínō, “make smooth as oil”)
* ἔλλῐπος (éllĭpos, “greasy”)
* ἐπῐλῐπαίνω (epĭlĭpaínō, “make fat or sleek”)
* ἐπῐλῐπής (epĭlĭpḗs, “fatty”) (for sense: fat)
* εὐλῐπής (eulĭpḗs, “very fat”)
* κᾰτᾰλῐπαίνω (kătălĭpaínō, “make very fat”)
* κᾰτᾰλῐ́πᾰρος (kătălĭ́păros, “very greasy”)
* λῐπο-, λῐπό-, λῐπ-
* λῐ́πᾰ (lĭ́pă, “richly with oil”, adverb)
* λῐπαίνω (lĭpaínō, “oil, anoint; glisten”)
* λῐ́πανσῐς f (lĭ́pansĭs, “anointing”)
* λῐπαντέον (lĭpantéon, “one must anoint”)
* λῐπαντικός (lĭpantikós, “of anointing”)
* λῐπᾰράμπυξ (lĭpărámpux, “with bright fillet or headband”)
* λῐπᾰραυγής (lĭpăraugḗs, “bright-beaming”)
* λῐπᾰρῐ́ᾱ (lĭpărĭ́ā) (for sense: fat)
* λῐπᾰρόζωνος (lĭpărózōnos, “bright-girdled”)
* λῐπᾰρόθρονος (lĭpăróthronos, “bright-throned”)
* λῐπᾰρόμμᾰτος (lĭpărómmătos, “lustrous-eyed”)
* λῐπᾰροπλόκᾰμος (lĭpăroplókămos, “with glossy locks”)
* λῐπᾰροποιέω (lĭpăropoiéō, “κᾰτᾰλῐπαίνω, make very fat”)
* λῐπᾰρός (lĭpărós, “oily, shiny, brilliamt; fatty, greasy”)
* λῐπᾰρότης f (lĭpărótēs, “fattiness; brilliancy”)
* λῐπᾰρότροφος (lĭpărótrophos, “richly fed”)
* λῐπᾰρόχροος (lĭpărókhroos, “with shining sleek skin”), λῐπᾰρόχρως
* λῐπᾰρώψ (lĭpărṓps, “bright-looking”)
* λῐ́πας n (lĭ́pas, “λίπος, fat”)
* λῐ́πασμα n (lĭ́pasma, “greasy, fattening substance”)
* λῐπασμός m (lĭpasmós, “anointing”)
* λῐπάω (lĭpáō, “to be sleek, radiant; anoint”)
* λῐπέλαιον n (lĭpélaion, “pinguis olivi, olives rich in oil”)
* λῐπότης f (lĭpótēs, “fatness”)
* λῐπώδης (lĭpṓdēs, “fatty, oily”)
* ναρδολῐπής (nardolĭpḗs, “anointed with nard-oil,”)
* ὀξῠλῐ́πᾰρος (oxŭlĭ́păros, “vinegar and oil”)
* ὀξῠλῐπὴς (oxŭlĭpḕs, “dressed with vinegar and fat”)
* περῐλῐ́πᾰρος (perĭlĭ́păros, “very moist and shiny”)
* προλῐπαίνω (prolĭpaínō, “anoint beforehand”)
* προσεπῐλῐπαίνω (prosepĭlĭpaínō, “enrich yet more”)
* προσλῐπαίνω (proslĭpaínō, “enrich further”)
* σῠλλῐπαίνομαι (sŭllĭpaínomai, “be melted together”)
* ῠ̔πολῐπαίνω (hŭpolĭpaínō, “anoint a little”)
* ῠ̔πολίπᾰρος (hŭpolípăros, “rather fat”)

#### Descendants

* Greek: λίπος (lípos)

### Further reading

* “λίπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “λίπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* λίπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. fat idem, page 309.
* Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek λίπος. For sense substance with fat, Semantic loan from French graisse or English fat. See stem λιπ- for sense: “fat”. Different from λιπ- for sense: “wanting” (as in ελλιπής).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.pos/
* Hyphenation: λί‧πος

### Noun

λίπος • (lípos) n (plural λίπη)
* fat, tallow

#### Derived terms

* ακόρεστα λίπη n pl (akóresta lípi, “unsaturated fat”)
* ζωικά λίπη n pl (zoïká lípi, “animal fat”)
* κεκορσεμένα λίπη n pl (kekorseména lípi, “saturated fat”)
* μαγειρικά λίπη n pl (mageiriká lípi, “cooking fat”)
* φυτικά λίπη n pl (fytiká lípi, “vegetable fat”)

#### Related terms

* ινολίπωμα n (inolípoma, “adipose neoplasm”)
* λιπαίνω (lipaíno, “lubricate”)
* λιπαρό οξύ n (liparó oxý, “fatty acid”)
* λιπαρός (liparós, “oily, fatty”)
* λιπαρότητα f (liparótita, “fattiness, adipocity”)
* λίπασμα n (lípasma, “fertilizer”)
* λιπίδιο n (lipídio, “lipid”)
* λιπώδης (lipódis, “adipose, fatty”)
* λιπώδης ιστός m (lipódis istós, “adipose tissue”)
* λίπωμα n (lípoma, “lipoma”)
* συλλίπασμα n (syllípasma, “flux”)
* and see: λιπαίνω (lipaíno, “to lubricate”)

#### Further reading

* λίπος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$