- ἔλπος
- ἔλποςGrammatical information: n?Meaning: ἔλαιον, στέαρ, εὑθηνία; ἔλφος βούτυρον. Κύπριοι H.Derivatives: On ὄλπη `oil-bottle' s.v.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The word is compared with Skt. sarpíṣ- n. ` molten butter, lard', but one would expect spir. asper. (Idem for Toch. B ṣalype, A ṣälyp `fat, oil'.) IE *selp-, also in Alb. gjalpë `butter'.) - Cypr. ἔλφος is unexplained, see DELG). The variation π\/φ points to a Pre-Greek word. - The word ὄλπη indicates a bottle, and therefore has nothing to do with the word for `oil, fat' (s.v.).Page in Frisk: 1,503
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
