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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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alīptēs m (genitive alīptae); first declension

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

Declension

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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

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  • 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