ἄλειφαρ

A. unguent, anointing-oil, oil, fat, used in funeral sacrifices, Il. 23.170, Od. 3.408, etc.; ἄλειφαρ ἀπὸ κέδρου, ἀπὸ σιλλικυπρίων, oil of cedar, etc., Hdt. 2.87,94; ἄ. ῥόδινον Hp. Mul. 1.74.

II. pitch or resin, to seal wine-jars, Theoc. 7.147.—Cf. foreg.