ἀλίνειν

ἀλίνειν

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: (cod. -νεῖν) ἀλείφειν H. ἀλῖναι ἐπαλεῖψαι H. ἰν-αλαλισμένα `engraved' (Cyprus). καταλῖναι. καταλεῖψαι H. is now confirmed by an inscr. from Selinous, RPh 69, 1995, 128, l. 16.

Derivatives: Verbal noun ἄλινσις τοῠ ἐργαστηρίου (Epid.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [00] *h₂lei(H)- `smear'

Etymology: ἀλίνω prob. \< *ἀλιν-ι̯ω will be cognate with Lat. lĭno `besmear, rub', orig. an n-present (perf. lēvi)?; root ἀλι- \< *h₂li-. One would like to reconstruct *h₂li-n-H-, but Lat. litus has short i (after linō? LIV 247f.). The same root as in ἀλείφω.

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