Λιπαρός
luxuriant, gleaming
Translated by Nick Nicholas16 Jun 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] blooming, from the [noun] lipos ["fat"]; for oil is shiny. Or meaning anointed.1 Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "coming back gleaming from the bath."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λιπαρός· ἀνθηρός, παρὰ τὸ λίπος· στίλβει γὰρ τὸ ἔλαιον. ἢ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀληλιμμένος. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· λιπαρὸς χωρῶν ἐκ βαλανείου.
Betacode
*liparo/s: a)nqhro/s, para\ to\ li/pos: sti/lbei ga\r to\ e)/laion. h)\ a)nti\ tou= a)lhlimme/nos. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: liparo\s xwrw=n e)k balanei/ou.
Notes (2)
- 1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 616. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 616 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Apr 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas