ἀλείφω

ἀλείφω, Hdt.3.8, etc.: [tense] fut.

A

-ψω LXX Ex.40.15

, ([etym.] ἐξ-) E.IA1486, Pl.R.386c: [tense] aor.

ἤλειψα Hom.

, [dialect] Att., [dialect] Ep.

ἄλειψα Od.12.177

: [tense] pf. ἀλήλῐφα ([etym.] ἀπ-) D.52.2):—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.

-ψομαι Th.4.68

: [tense] aor. ἠλειψάμην [dialect] Att., [dialect] Ep.

ἀλ- Il.14.171

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. ἀλειφθήσομαι ([etym.] ἐξ-) D.25.73: [tense] aor. 1

ἠλείφθην Hp.Morb.4.54

, Pl.Ly.217c, etc.: [tense] aor. 2 ἐξ-ηλίφην v.l. in Pl.Phdr.258b, ([etym.] ἀπ-) D.C.55.3: pf

ἀλήλιμμαι Th.4.68

, ([etym.] ἐξ-, ὑπ-) D.25.70, X.Oec.10.6 (-ει- is freq. found in [tense] pf. forms in codd.): (ἀ-, euph., λιπ-, cf. λίπος):—anoint the skin with oil, as was done after bathing, [voice] Act.referring to another, [voice] Med. to oneself,

λοῦσαι κέλετ' ἀμφί τ' ἀλεῖψαι Il.24.582

; Hom. elsewh. always adds λίπα or λίπ' ἐλαίῳ (v. sub λίπα)

, πάντα λοέσσατο καὶ λίπ' ἄλειψεν Od.6.227

;

λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ' ἐλαίῳ Il.10.577

, cf. 14.171, 18.350: later of anointing for gymnastic exercises,

λίπα μετὰ τοῦ γυμνάζεσθαι ἠλείψαντο Th.1.6

; generally,

λίπα ἀλείφεσθαι Id.4.68

;

βακκάρι ῥῖνας Hippon.41

; of anointing the sick, Men.Georg.60, cf. Ep.Jac.5.14.

2 supply oil for gymnasts, ἀλειφούσης τῆς πόλεως CIG (add.) 1957g (Maced.); ἀ. πανήγυριν, ἔθνη, Inscr.Magn.163, OGI533.47 ([place name] Ancyra); οἱ -όμενοι youths undergoing gymnastic training, ib. 339.72 ([place name] Sestos), etc.; οἱ ἀ. ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ ib.764.5 (Pergam.), al.; ἀλείφεσθαι παρά τινι to attend a gymnastic 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.BC2.16

, cf. Plu.Them.3;

τινὰ κατά τινος Ph.1.549

;

τινὰ ἐπὶ φαρμακείαν App.Mac.11.7

:—[voice] Pass.,

τοὺς -ομένους ἐπί τι Phld.Rh.2.158

S.

II daub, plaster, besmear, οὔατα ἀλεῖψαι stop up ears, Od.12.47,177,200;

ἀ. αἵματι Hdt.3.8

;

μίλτῳ X.Oec.10.5

;

ψιμυθίῳ Pl.Ly.217d

;

κυανῷ Paus.5.11.5

.