LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

alīptēs

alīptēs m (genitive alīptae)
Classical[aˈliːp.teːs]Ecclesiastical[aˈlip.tes]

Meaning

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

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativealīptēsalīptae
genitivealīptaealīptārum
dativealīptaealīptīs
accusativealīptēn
alīptam		alīptās
ablativealīptēalīptīs
vocativealīptēalīptae

ăliptēs or ălipta, ae, m., = ἀλείπτης,
I. the manager in the school for wrestlers, who took care that the wrestlers anointed their bodies with unguents, in order to give them the necessary suppleness, and exercised them in the ring, master of wrestling, or of the ring: ut aliptae, virium et coloris rationem habere, * Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 15: Geometres, pictor, aliptes, Juv. 3, 76; aliptā egere, Cels. 1, 1 Daremb.

Origins

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”).

In English words that came into English from alīptēs

  • aliptaalipta

Quick answers

What does alīptēs mean in Latin?
alīptēs, a noun, means “a manager or trainer at a wrestling school; an alipta”.
What is the genitive of alīptēs?
The genitive singular is alīptae. alīptēs is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce alīptēs?
In classical Latin, [aˈliːp.teːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈlip.tes].