αι269Αἰπεινή
lofty
[Meaning] tall. "Strife roused the lofty fir tree to speak unseemly words." Also [sc. attested is the dative plural] ai)peinai=s, [meaning] tall, long. In Fables: "a bird quarreled with lofty fir trees, for she said…
Αἰπεινή· ὑψηλή. αἰπεινὴν ἐλάτην ἔρις ὤρορεν αἴσυλα φάσθαι. καὶ Αἰπειναῖς, ὑψηλαῖς, μακραῖς. ἐν Μύθοις· αἰπειναῖς ἐλάταις ἔρισε βατίς· ἡ μὲν ἔειπε καὶ ναῦς καὶ νηοὺς τεμνομένη…
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