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αἰπός

aipos

steile, schroffe Höhe

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1. αἷπος · haipos — Frisk

αἷπος n. ‘steile, schroffe Höhe’ (A. E., Hp. u.a.); davon αἰπεινός (< *aineo-vös) “steil” (poet. seit Il.). Dagegen ist ainnsıs (αἰπήεσσαν ® 87, danach A.R. 2, 721 und AP 7, 273) nur eine Erweiterung von αἰπύς (Schwyzer 527: 3; verfehlt Thieme Studien 71). — Neben alnos steht αἰστύς "steil, jäh’ (meist ep. und poet. seit 11). Die abweichende Stammbildung in aind (αἰπὰ ῥέεϑρα © 369, Versende) und αἰπήν (nölıw ... … — [Frisk, s.v. αἷπος, p. 73]

2. αἰπος · aipos — LSJ

height, steep, hill, weariness

height, steep, A. Ag. 285, 309, etc.; πρὸς αἶπος ὁδοιπορῆσαι, ἰέναι to toil up-hill, Hp. Morb. 2.51, 70; πρὸς αἶπος ἔρχεται, metaph. of a difficult task, E. Alc. 500: hence αἶ. (v.l. ἆπος ) ἐκβαλὼν ὁδοῦ, i.e. the weariness of the ascent (expl. by Hsch. as κάματος), Id. Ph. 851 (unless ἐκβαλών = ‘forgettingʼ).

3. αἰπός · aipos — LSJ

high, lofty, falling sheer down

high, lofty, of cities, Il. 13.625, al.; αἰπὰ ῥέεθρα streams falling sheer down, Il. 8.369, Hes. Oxy. 1358.2.23: αἰπόν, τό, dub. in Ath.Mitt. 31.138 (Athens).

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  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἰπός (scan p. 73; entry #224).

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