αἰγίλιψ

aigilips

destitute even of goats

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Book 9 1
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915
Book 13 1
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1363
Book 16 1
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164

Dictionary (LSJ)

αἰγίλιψ [γῐ], ῐπος, ὁ, ἡ, (expl. by Gramm. from αῐξ, λείπω, cf. Sch. Il. 9.15) A. destitute even of goats, hence, steep, sheer, πέτρη Il. 9.15, al. (not in Od.), A. Supp. 794 (lyr.), Lyc. 1325; also in form αἰγίλιπος, Hsch. (Perh. cognate with Lith.lipti ‘climb’.)

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