adv. unctuously, richly, ἀλεῖψαι or ἀλείψασθαι λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ to anoint or cause to be anointed richly with oil, Il.; so, χρῖσαι or χρίσασθαι λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ id=Il.; only once without ἐλαίῳ, λοέσσατο καὶ λίπ᾽ ἄλειψεν Od. In all these places, the final vowel is uncertain; but we have λίπα ἀλείψασθαι, -εσθαι in Thuc., etc.
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