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aliptas

aliptas is the plural of alipta.

Meaning of alipta

Noun (1)

alipta (plural aliptas or aliptae)

  1. (historical) An official responsible for training and anointing athletes for the games.
    • The anointing of the bodies of the youths, and strewing them with dust, before they commenced their exercises, as well as the regulation of their diet, was the duty of the aliptae.1859, William Smith, editor, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 581

Noun (2)

alipta (uncountable)

  1. alipta muscata, a medicinal paste.

Noun (3)

alipta (plural aliptas)

  1. One of the four margas (traditional techniques for playing percussive intruments), which combines strokes of the vamaka and urdhavaka drums.
    • Alipta is said to be of two types, ragalipta and rupalipta. The former is a combination of nada with svara and raga, while the latter is a combination of nada with raga and svara.1992, Mandayam Bharati Vedavalli, Mysore as a Seat of Music, page 137

Questions about aliptas

What is aliptas the plural of?
Aliptas is the plural of alipta.

Words near aliptas in the dictionary

  1. Alipore
  2. ALIPs
  3. alipta
  4. alipta muscata
  5. aliptae
  6. aliptas
  7. Alipurduar
  8. Aliqoli
  9. aliquant
  10. aliquants
  11. aliquot

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