alipta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An official responsible for training and anointing athletes for the games.
noun
  1. alipta muscata, a medicinal paste.
noun
  1. One of the four margas (traditional techniques for playing percussive intruments), which combines strokes of the vamaka and urdhavaka drums.

Word forms

alipta aliptas aliptae

Etymology

From Latin alipta (“trainer of wrestlers or gymnasts”), from Ancient Greek ἀλείπτης (aleíptēs).

Related words

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