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αἰπόλος

aipolos

steep, sheer

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1. αἰπόλος · aipolos — Beekes

αἰπόλος = αἴξ. αἰπύς [adj.] ‘steep, sheer’ (Il, mostly epic and poet.) < PG(V)> VAR A different stem in aind (ainda ῥέεθρα © 369) and αἰπήν (πόλιν ... αἰπήν y 130, etc.), maybe a metrical device. 42 aipa 1 *DER αἰπήεις (Hom.), is an enlargement of αἰπύς, see Schwyzer: 527. Further αἶπος [n.] ‘steepness, precipice’ (E.), whence αἰπεινός < *alnec-vic ‘steep’. eETYM » αἶψα probably belongs here, too. Furthermore, Fur. … — [Beekes, s.v. αἰπόλος, p. 88]

2. αἰπόλος · aipolos — Frisk

αἰπόλος m. “(Ziegen)hirt” (seit Od.), aus *aiy-ndioc. Ableitungen: αἰπολέω (nur Präsensstamm) ‘(Ziegen) weiden’ (A., Lys., Theok. u.a.); αἰπόλια n.pl. (-10v sg.) "(Ziegen)- herde(n)’ (Il. usw.); ainoAıxös (Theok. u.a... — Wie Bovκόλος (8. ἃ.) ist αἰ(γ)-πόλος ein sog. synthetisches Kompositum, dessen Hinterglied zu πέλω, πέλομαι, lat. colo usw. gehört. De Saussure MSL 6, 161f. Weitere Lit. bei Βα. Abzulehnen Pedersen … — [Frisk, s.v. αἰπόλος, p. 73]

3. αἰπόλος · aipolos — Frisk

αἰπόλος. Anders über αἰπόλος" κάπηλος H. Latte s.v. (für *gl.nolog —= dei-n.; abzulehnen). — [Frisk, s.v. αἰπόλος, p. 2148]

4. αἰπόλ-ος · aipol-os — LSJ

goatherd

goatherd, αἰπόλος αἰγῶν Od. 20.173, cf. Hdt. 2.46, Pl. Lg. 639a, LXX Am. 7.14.

II

αἰπόλος· κάπηλος (Cypr.), Hsch.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. αἰπόλος (scan pp. 88-89; entry #236). Root candidates: *ap’-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. αἰπόλος (scan p. 51; entry #238).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἰπόλος (scan p. 73; entry #223).

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