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1 αἰγίλιψ
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `sheer, steep' (Il.).; also place name.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Generally connected with Lith. lìp-ti `clamber' (s. Solmsen Untersuchungen 73 A. 1); but the meaning `clamber' is secondary to `stick, cleave' and it is far from certain that Greek knew the same development. The whole would be `what can be climbed only by goats', which Frisk calls "weit zweifelhafter". The form αἰγι- is unexplained (see αἴξ; αἰθί-οψ does not help). Cf. ἄλιψ πέτρα H. (but s. s.v.), from `what cannot be climbed'?; the gloss λίψ πέτρα ἀφ' ἡς ὕδωρ στάζει may be due to later interpretation (Solmsen, cf. Persson Beiträge 152 m. A. 1); Marzullo Studia Pagliaro III 101f thinks it is a mistake for α[ἰγί]λιψ. Further αἰγίλιψ ὑψηλη πέτρα καὶ πόλις καὶ ἰτέα ὑπὸ Θούριων H. Improbable Wecklein MünchSb 1911: 3 (s. WP. 2, 403, Kretschmer Glotta 5, 302).Page in Frisk: 1,31Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > αἰγίλιψ
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