ἐναλείφω

enaleipho

anoint with

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 19 726a28–727b32

726b27
Book II 1
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20

743b24
Poetics 1
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Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20

1450b1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐναλείφω, A. anoint with, τί τινι Id. Morb. 2.36; ὀφθαλμοί ὀστρείῳ ἐναληλιμμένοι Pl. R. 420c:—Med., anoint onself, AP 11.112 (Nicarch.); ἐ. τάς ῥῖνας oneʼs nose, Alex. 190; τὴν κόμην φαρμάκῳ Plu. 2.771b; τὼ ὀφθαλμώ Hld. 7.14. II. paint within outlines, ὑπογράψαντες ταῖς γραμμαῖς οὕτως ἐναλείφουσι τοῖς χρώμασι τὸ ζῷον Arist. GA 743b24: generally, χύδην ἐ. Id. Po. 1450b1:—Pass., τὸ ἐναλειφθέν coat of stucco, interpol. in Id. GA 726b27.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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