alipta

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin alipta (“trainer of wrestlers or gymnasts”), from Ancient Greek ἀλείπτης (aleíptēs). ==== Noun ==== alipta (plural aliptas or aliptae) (historical) An official responsible for training and anointing athletes for the games. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Shortened from alipta muscata or alipta moschata. ==== Noun ==== alipta (uncountable) alipta muscata, a medicinal paste. ===== Related terms ===== alipta muscata ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Possibly from Hindi or Sanskrit. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== alipta (plural aliptas) (music) One of the four margas (traditional techniques for playing percussive intruments), which combines strokes of the vamaka and urdhavaka drums. === Anagrams === Lapita == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈliːp.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈlip.ta] === Noun === alīpta m (genitive alīptae); first declension alternative form of alīptēs ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “alipta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “alipta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers