ἠλίβατος

elibatos

high, steep

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 15 2
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15273
15619
Book 16 1
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1635
Odyssey 3
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Book 9 1
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9243
Book 10 1
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1088
Book 13 1
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13196

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἠλίβατος [ῐ], Dor. ἀλ-, ον,

high, steep, always in Hom. as epith. of πέτρη or πέτραι, Il. 15.273, al., cf. Hes. Th. 675, 786, Thgn. 176, Pi. O. 6.64, A. Supp. 352 (lyr.), E. Supp. 80 (lyr.), Theoc. 26.10, etc.; ὄρος, ἄκρη, ἐρίπναι, A.R. 2.169, 361, 1248; of the Olympian throne of Zeus, Ar. Av. 1732; of trees, h.Ven. 267 (so prob. in Hes. Sc. 422).—Also in X. and later Prose, πέτραι ἠ. An. 1.4.4; τόποι Plb. 4.41.9; πέτρος Str. 17.1.50; δένδρα Agatharch. 97; πῦρ Hanno Peripl. 16; σταυρός Epigr. ap. Plu. Flam. 9.

II. deep, abysmal, ἄντρῳ ἐν ἠ. Hes. Th. 483; Τάρταρος ἠ. Stes. 83; ἠ. ὑπὸ κευθμῶσι E. Hipp. 732 (lyr.); πελάγεσσιν ἐν ἠ. Opp. H. 3.171: metaph., κακὸν ἠ. Damox. 2.22; εὐηθεια Porph. Abst. 1.12.

III. in later Poets (perh. from a misunderstanding of [Κύκλωψ] ἠ. πέτρην ἐπέθηκε θύρῃσιν Od. 9.243), huge, enormous, μέλεα Opp. H. 5.66; σχεδίη Q.S. 11.312; so in Prose, κῦμα, σκιαί, Plu. Symp. 2.163c,Fac.lun. 935f. (Etym. dub., cf. ἄλιψ· πέτρα, Hsch.)

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