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

Noun

alīptēs m (genitive alīptae); first declension

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