αἰγίλιψ

αἰγίλιψ [γῐ], ῐπος, ὁ, ἡ, (expl. by Gramm. from αἴξ, λείπω, cf. Sch. Il. 9.15)

• 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’.)

αἰγίλιψ, ιπος, ὁ, ἡ, VLL οὕτως ὑψηλός, ὥστε καὶ αἶγα λείπεσθαι, μὴ ἐπιβαίνειν, schroff, steil, selbst den Ziegen unzugänglich, Hom. dreimal, Il. 9.15, 16.4 ὥς τε κρήνη μελάνυδρος, ἥ τε κατʼ αἰγίλιπος πέτρης δνοφερὸν χέει ὕδωρ, 13.63 ὥστʼ ἴρηξ ὠκύπτερος ὦρτο πέτεσθαι, ὅς ῥάτʼ ἀπʼ αἰγίλιπος πέτρης περιμήκεος ἀρθεὶς ὁρμήσῃ πεδίοιο ; Aesch. Suppl. 775 ; πέτρος Antiphil. 30 (VII.622); Scyrus, Lyc. 1325.

αἰγίλιψ

-ιπος

[sense unknown. Traditionally explained as fr. αἰγ-, αἴξ + λιπ-, λείπω, so steep as to be deserted (even) by goats.]

Of a rock: πέτρης Il. 9.15 = Il. 16.4, Il. 13.63.

αἰγίλιψ : precipitous; πέτρη, Il. 9.15, Il. 16.4.

αἰγίλιψ αἴξ, λείπω

• destitute even of goats, hence steep, sheer, πέτρη Il.