ἠλίβατος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], Dor. ἀλ-, ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[high]], [[steep]], always in Hom. as epith. of <b class="b3">πέτρη</b> or <b class="b3">πέτραι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.15.273</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>675</span>, <span class="bibl">786</span>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.176</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>6.64</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>352</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>80</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Theoc.26.10</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὄρος, ἄκρη, ἐρίπναι</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.169</span>, <span class="bibl">361</span>, <span class="bibl">1248</span>; of the Olympian throne of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1732</span>; of trees, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>267</span> (so prob. in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>422</span>).—Also in X. and later Prose, <b class="b3">πέτραι ἠ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>1.4.4</span>; τόποι <span class="bibl">Plb.4.41.9</span>; πέτρος <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.50</span>; δένδρα <span class="bibl">Agatharch.97</span>; πῦρ <span class="bibl">Hanno <span class="title">Peripl.</span>16</span>; <b class="b3">σταυρός</b> Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Flam.</span>9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[deep]], [[abysmal]], <b class="b3">ἄντρῳ ἐν ἠ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span> 483</span>; <b class="b3">Τάρταρος ἠ</b>. Stes.<span class="bibl">83</span>; ἠ. ὑπὸ κευθμῶσι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>732</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πελάγεσσιν ἐν ἠ</b>. <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.171</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">κακὸν ἠ</b>. <span class="bibl">Damox.2.22</span>; εὐηθεια <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in later Poets (perh. from a misunderstanding of [Κύκλωψ] ἠ. πέτρην ἐπέθηκε θύρῃσιν <span class="bibl">Od.9.243</span>), [[huge]], [[enormous]], μέλεα <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>5.66</span>; σχεδίη <span class="bibl">Q.S.11.312</span>; so in Prose, <b class="b3">κῦμα, σκιαί</b>, Plu.2.163c,935f. (Etym. dub., cf. <b class="b3">ἄλιψ· πέτρα</b>, Hsch.) </span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: Meaning unknown (Il.), in Hom. always, later often of <b class="b3">πέτρη</b> (<b class="b3">-α</b>) but also of several other objects, <b class="b3">δρύες</b>, <b class="b3">ἄντρον</b>, <b class="b3">Τάρταρος</b>, <b class="b3">κῦμα</b> a. o., understood as [[steep]], [[high]], [[deep]], later also as [[enormous]], [[big]], s. Buttmann Lexilogus 2, 176ff. (steep or [[slippery]]), which are easily understandabke as later guesses.<br />Other forms: Dor. <b class="b3">ἀλ-</b>,<br />Derivatives: Beside it <b class="b3">ἠλιβάτας</b> (<b class="b3">τράγος</b>, Antiph. 133, 3).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unexplained. Another unclear epithet of <b class="b3">πέτρη</b> is [[αἰγίλιψ]], s. v. Cf. also <b class="b3">ἠλιτενης πέτρα ὑψηλή</b> Suid. Wrong IE. etymologies noted in Bq; s. also Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 75f. with further details. Acc. to Buttmann Lexilogus 2, 176ff. from <b class="b3">*ἠλιτό-βατος</b> = <b class="b3">ἄβατος</b>, <b class="b3">δύσβατος</b> (cf. <b class="b3">ἠλιτό-μηνος</b>) with syllable-dissimilation.