adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
lippus
lippus (feminine lippa, neuter lippum)
Meaning
- adjectivehaving bleary, watery, rheumy or inflamed eyes
- adjectivehalf-sighted, mope-eyed, purblind, myopic
- adjectiveblind to one's own faults
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lippus | lippa | lippum |
| genitive | lippī | lippae | lippī |
| dative | lippō | lippae | lippō |
| accusative | lippum | lippam | lippum |
| ablative | lippō | lippā | lippō |
| vocative | lippe | lippa | lippum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lippī | lippae | lippa |
| genitive | lippōrum | lippārum | lippōrum |
| dative | lippīs | lippīs | lippīs |
| accusative | lippōs | lippās | lippa |
| ablative | lippīs | lippīs | lippīs |
| vocative | lippī | lippae | lippa |
lippus, a, um, adj. Sanscr. lip, to smear; Gr. λίπα, λίπος, fat; ἄλειφα, salve; whence adeps,
I. blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed.
I. Lit.:
num tibi lippus videor, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 21: (matrem) cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis, id. ib. 4, 3, 15 lippi illic oculi seruos est simillimus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72; id. Pers. 1, 1, 11; Vitr. 8, 4, 4: non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; cf.: lippus Illinere, id. S. 1, 5, 30.—Prov.: omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus, i. e. to everybody, Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—B. Transf.
1. Dim-sighted, nearly blind, half-blind, purblind:
fuligine lippus, Juv. 10, 130: patres, Pers. 1, 79.—2. Dropping, running:
lippa sub attrita fronte lacuna putet, of an empty eye-socket, Mart. 8, 59, 2: ficus, an over-ripe fig, dropping with juice, id. 7, 20, 12.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lippus adj.,
blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed: Non contemnas lippus inungi, H.: fuligine, blinded, Iu.—Prov.: Omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus, i. e. to the whole world, H.—Of mental blindness: oculis lippus inunctis, H.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *lipnos, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, stick”). Cognate to Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”).
Borrowings
- Italianlippo
- Italianlipposo
- Middle Frenchlippe
- Middle Frenchlippie
- Middle Frenchlippeux
- Old Occitanlippos