The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary
Limpati， [lip，cp．repa stain，lepa ointment，stain； Gr．li/pos grease，fat，liparόs 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 （cetiyaṃ °āpetvāna）．（Page 584）
Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera
(lip + ṃ-a) smears; stains; anoints.
Pali-Dictionary Vipassana Research Institute
limpati：To smear，to daub，to plaster，to stain