λῐπᾰρ-ός, ά, όν, (λίπα) properly
oily, shiny with oil, once in [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
anointed, λιπαροὶ κεφαλὰς καὶ καλὰ πρόσωπα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; σοὶ δὲ μελήσει. λιπαρῷ (Bentl. for -ρῶς) χωρεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [
Refs]; of oil or oily objects,
shiny, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
fatty, greasy, ἄρτος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ λ.
unctuous dishes, [
Refs]; τὸ λ.
fatty substance, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; λιπαραί (i.e. ἔμπλαστροι), αἱ,
oily plasters, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of vegetables
boiled in grease, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adverb -ρῶς, ἕψειν boil
in grease, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνατρίβειν massage
with a greasy or
oily lubricant, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) of the healthy look of the human body or skin,
shining, sleek, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
bright, smooth feet, without a wrinkle on the skin, mostly of men's feet, in the line ποσσὶ δ᾽ ὑπὸ λιπαροῖσιν ἐδήσατο καλὰ πέδιλα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Themis, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
radiant, θυγάτηρ Χρόνου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) of condition or state of life,
rich, comfortable, easy, γῆρας [
Refs 8th c.BC+].
adverb - ρῶς, γηρασκέμεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV) of things,
bright, brilliant, λιπαρὴ καλύπτρη [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of city walls, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας
splendid or
rich tribute, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, of the
oily smoothness of a calm sea, λ. γαλάνα [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; and of smells, λ. ὀσμή
rich, savoury, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
V) of soil,
fat, rich, fruitful, as epithet of places, Χίος, ἣ νήσων λιπαρωτάτη εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; λ. Ὀρχομενός, Θῆβαι, Νάξος, Μαραθών, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λιπαραὶ Ἀθῆναι, favourite epithet with the Athenians, probably with allusion to the Attic olive, first in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (where he plays on the double sense of
brilliant and
greasy), Nu.[
Refs]; λ. τὸ χρῆμα τῆς πόλεως, of Nephelococcygia, [
Refs]; λ. χεύματα, of rivers, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
VI)
adverb λῐπαρῶς, see above [
Refs]