1. αἰπύς · aipys — Chantraine
The corpus record
αἰπύς
aipus
εἴα, -0 : « haut et escarpé » {Hom
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Where it lives
- Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
- Iliad 31 · 2.78/10k
- Odyssey 22 · 2.53/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
- Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. αἰπύς · aipys — Chantraine
3. αἰπύς · aipys — Frisk
4. αἰπύς · aipys — LSJ
high and steep, in Hom. mostly of cities on rocky heights, esp. of Troy, Od. 3.485, al.; of hills, Il. 2.603; later of the sky, αἰθήρ B. 3.36; οὐρανός S. Aj. 845; on high, ποδῶν αἰ. ἰωή Hes. Th. 682; ἁψαμένη βρόχον αἰπύν hanging high, Od. 11.278.
metaph., sheer, utter, αἰ. ὄλεθρος freq. in Hom., death being regarded as the plunge from a high precipice; φόνος αἰ. Od. 4.843; θάνατος Pi. O. 10(11).42; σκότος utter darkness, Id. Fr. 228; of passions, etc., αἰ. χόλος towering wrath, Il. 15.223; δόλος αἰ. h.Merc. 66, Hes. Th. 589; αἰπυτάτη σοφίη AP 11.354 (Agath.); arduous, πόνος Il. 11.601, 16.651; αἰπύ οἱ ἐσσεῖται ʼtwill be hard work for him, 13.317.
In the wild
- αἰπὺν · aipyn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7546)
- αἰπύν · aipyn Theogony 588–589
- αἰπεῖα · aipeia Theogony 678–683
- αἰπὺν · aipyn Works and Days 83–84
- αἰπὺν · aipyn Iliad 10.371
- αἰπὺς · aipys Iliad 11.174
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Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. αἰπύς (scan p. 52; entry #241).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἰπύς (scan pp. 2148-2149; entry #6330).
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