aliptes

Latin

Alternative forms

• alīpta

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλείπτης (aleíptēs, “anointer, trainer in gymnasia”), so called because he oversaw the anointing of the wrestlers with oil, from ἀλείφω (aleíphō, “to anoint”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈliːp.teːs/, [äˈlʲiːpt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈlip.tes/, [äˈlipt̪es]

Noun

alīptēs m (genitive alīptae); first declension

1. a manager or trainer at a wrestling school; an alipta

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alīptēs	alīptae
Genitive	alīptae	alīptārum
Dative	alīptae	alīptīs
Accusative	alīptēn	alīptās
Ablative	alīptē	alīptīs
Vocative	alīptē	alīptae

References

• “aliptes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aliptes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers