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lippus , a, um, adj. Sanscr. lip, to smear; Gr. λίπα, λίπος, fat; ἄλειφα, salve; whence adeps,
I.blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed.
I. Lit.: “num tibi lippus videor,Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 21: “(matrem) cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis,id. ib. 4, 3, 15 lippi illic oculi seruos est simillimus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72; id. Pers. 1, 1, 11; Vitr. 8, 4, 4: “non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; cf.: “lippus Illinere,id. S. 1, 5, 30.—Prov.: “omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus,” i. e. to everybody, Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—
B. Transf.
1. Dim-sighted, nearly blind, half-blind, purblind: “fuligine lippus,Juv. 10, 130: “patres,Pers. 1, 79.—
2. Dropping, running: “lippa sub attrita fronte lacuna putet, of an empty eye-socket,Mart. 8, 59, 2: “ficus,an over-ripe fig, dropping with juice, id. 7, 20, 12.—
II. Trop., blind to one's own faults: “vappa et lippus,Pers. 5, 76; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 25.
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    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.3
    • Plautus, Persa, 1.1
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.25
    • Horace, Satires, 1.5.30
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 4.8
    • Persius, Saturae, 1
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