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1. Lĭpăra, ae, and Lĭpărē, ēs, = Λιπάρη,

  1. I. one of the Æolian isles, to the north of Sicily, with a city of the same name, now Lipari.
    Form Lipara, Mel. 2, 7, 18; Plin. 3, 9, 14, § 93.
    Form Lipare, Verg. A. 8, 417; Val. Fl. 2, 96.
    Plur.: Lĭpărae, ārum, = αἱ Λιπάραι, the Liparian or Æolic Islands, Liv. 5, 28, 2; Flor. 2, 2, 9; Val. Max. 6, 9, 11.
    Hence,
    1. A. Lĭpăraeus, a, um, adj., Liparæan: Liparaei nitor Hebri, from Lipara, Hor. C. 3, 12, 6: taberna, i. e. Vulcan’s smithy, Juv. 13, 45.
      Subst.: Lĭpăraei, ōrum, m., the Liparæans: Liparaeorum insulae, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 92.
    2. B. Lĭpăren-sis, e, adj., Liparæan: ager, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 84: piratae, Liv. 5, 28.
      Lĭpăren-ses (old form lepareses Liparitani cives, id est Liparenses, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.), ĭum, m., the Liparæans, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 84.
    3. C. Lĭpărītānus, a, um, adj., Liparitan: obsidio, Val. Max. 2, 7, 4.
  2. II. Subst.: Lĭpărītāni, ōrum, m., the Liparitans, Val. Max. 1, 1, 4 ext.

2. lĭpăra, ae, f. [λιπαρός], an emollient plaster, Plin. 23, 9, 81, § 162; 33, 6, 35, § 110; 34, 18, 53, § 174.