αἰπύς
aipys
high and steep
Appears 46 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
αἰπύς, εῖα, ύ, Ep. and Lyr. Adj., rare in Trag., A. high and steep, in mostly of cities on rocky heights, esp. of Troy, Od. 3.485, al.; of hills, Il. 2.603; later of the sky, αἰθήρ 3.36; οὐρανός Aj. 845; on high, ποδῶν αἰ. ἰωή Th. 682; ἁψαμένη βρόχον αἰπύν hanging high, Od. 11.278. 2. metaph., sheer, utter, αἰ. ὄλεθρος freq. in , death being regarded as the plunge from a high precipice; φόνος αἰ. Od. 4.843; θάνατος O. 10(11).42; σκότος utter darkness, Fr. 228; of passions, etc., αἰ. χόλος towering wrath, Il. 15.223; δόλος αἰ. h.Merc. 66, Th. 589; αἰπυτάτη σοφίη AP 11.354 (); arduous, πόνος Il. 11.601, 16.651; αἰπύ οἱ ἐσσεῖται ʼtwill be hard work for him, 13.317.
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