Αἰπύς
lofty
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Feb 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who/which is destructive.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰπύς· ὁ ὀλέθριος.
Betacode
*ai)pu/s: o( o)le/qrios.
Notes
- Likewise in ps.-Zonaras; comparably, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
A common Homeric phrase isai)pu\s o)/leqros , "death being regarded as the plunge from a high precipice" (LSJ s.v.).
cf. alphaiota 274, alphaiota 275, alphaiota 277.