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] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈlip.tes] === Noun === alīptēs m (genitive alīptae); first declension a manager or trainer at a wrestling school; an alipta ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). === 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