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κατῆλιψ

katelips

ladder, roof-beam, upper story

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Where it lives

Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k

What it meant

1. κατῆλιψ · katēlips — Beekes

κατῆλιψ, -ἰφος [f.] mg. unknown, perhaps ‘ladder, roof-beam, upper story’ (Ar. Ra. 566); = ἰκρίωμα ‘scaffold’ (H.). «Ὁ» ᾿ *ETYM For the formation, αἰγίλιψ, dAvy have been compared; further unexplained. — [Beekes, s.v. κατῆλιψ, p. 704]

2. κατῆλιψ · katēlips — Chantraine

κατῆλιψ, τιφος : f. diversement interprété : « échelle, poutre, soupente » (Ar., Gren. 566 avec la scholie, Poll. 7,123, Hsch. qui glose notamment par ixpioua). El.: Terme technique qui fait vaguement penser à ἄλιψ, αἰγίλιψ. — [Chantraine, s.v. κατῆλιψ, p. 519]

3. κατῆλιψ · katēlips — Frisk

κατῆλιψ, -ıpos f. Bed. unbekannt, etwa “Gebälk, Dachsparren, oberes Stockwerk’ (Ar. Ra. 566). — Zur Bildung vgl. αἰγίλιψ, ἄλιψ; sonst unerklärt. — [Frisk, s.v. κατῆλιψ, p. 833]

4. κατῆλιψ · katēlips — LSJ

ladder, roof-beam, upper story

ladder, roof-beam, upper story, etc. in Ar. Ra. 566, cf. Sch.ad loc., Poll. 7.123, Hsch.; also used by Luc. Lex. 8.

In the wild

κατήλιφʼ · katēliphʼ Aristophanes, Frogs 565–566

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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