Limpati [lip, cp. repa stain, lepa ointment, stain; Gr. li/pos grease, fat, liparo/s fat, a)lei/fw to anoint; Lat. lippus; Lith. limpû to stick, Goth. bi -- leiban, Ohg. bilīban to stay behind, to stay, E. leave & live, Ger. leben. The Dhtp (385) simply expls by "limpana"] to smear, plaster, stain; usually in pass. (or med.) sense "to get soiled, to dirty oneself" Th 2, 388; PvA 215. Doubtful in Sn passages, where both limpati & lippati are found as readings, e. g. Sn 778 in Text lippati, but Niddesa reading limpati (Nd1 55); Sn 811 lipp˚, Nd1 133 limp˚; Sn 1040, 1042 lipp˚, Nd2 549 limp.˚ -- Pass. lippati to be soiled (by), to get stained (in character) Sn 250, 547, 625, 778, 913, 1040; cp. Sn 71 (alippamāna ppr.). -- pp. litta: see ava˚, ul˚, vi.˚ -- Cp. also ālimpeti, palimpeti, vilimpati. -- Caus. I. lepeti to cause to be plastered J vi.432. -- Caus. II. limpāpeti to cause to be plastered or anointed Mhvs 34, 42 (cetiyaŋ ˚āpetvāna).