λίπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *lípos, from i-Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“fat substance”).

Stem λῐπ- (lip-), λῐπο- (lipo-), λῐπᾰρ- (lipar-, “fat”). Different from λῐπ- (lip-, “wanting”) of the aorist ἔλῐπον (élipon) of the verb λείπω (leípō, “leave; lack”). Different from λῑπᾰρ- (līpar-) from λίπτω (líptō, “desire”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λίπος • (lípos) n (genitive λίπους); third declension

  1. animal fat, lard, tallow

Inflection

Stem λῐπ- or λῐπᾰρ- (sense: 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(key): /ˈli.pos/
  • Hyphenation: λί‧πος

Noun

λίπος • (lípos) n (plural λίπη)

  1. fat, tallow

Declension

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”)
  • λιπώδης ιστός m (lipódis istós, “adipose tissue”)
  • 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”)
  • λίπωμα n (lípoma, “lipoma”)
  • συλλίπασμα n (syllípasma, “flux”)
  • and see: λιπαίνω (lipaíno, “to lubricate”)

Further reading

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