ἄλειψις

εως, ἡ
A. anointing, Hp. Hum. 10, Arist. GA 785a30, Th<*>hr. Sud. 39, etc.: pl., Perict. ap. Stob. 4.28.19.
2. method or custom of anointing, Hdt. 3.22.
3. polishing, ἀνδριάντων BGU 362 vii 14 (iii A. D.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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