αἰπεινός

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οὕτω γὰρ συμβαίνει ἅμα καὶ ἡ τῶνδε εὐγένεια κοσμουμένη → for by so doing we shall also celebrate therewith the noble birth of these heroes

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Transliteration A: aipeinós Transliteration B: aipeinos Transliteration C: aipeinos Beta Code: ai)peino/s

English (LSJ)

ή, όν, (αἰπύς) poet. Adj.

   A high, lofty, of cities on heights, Ἴλιον Il.9.419, al., cf. A.Fr.284, S.Tr.858 (lyr.), Ph.1000; αἰθήρ B. 8.34; of Delphi, μαντεῖα E.Ion739; of mountain-tops, κάρηνα Il.2.869, Od.6.123.    II metaph.,    1 αἰ. λόγοι hasty, wicked words, Pi.N.5.32.    2 hard to reach, σοφίαι μὲν αἰ. Id.O.9.108.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

αἰπεινός: -ή, -όν, (αἰπὺς) ποιητ. ἐπίθ. ὑψηλός, ἐπηρμένος, ἐπὶ πόλεων ὑψηλὰ κειμένων, Ὁμ., πρβλ. Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 99 b. Σοφ. Τρ. 858, Φ.1000: - περὶ τῶν κορυφῶν τῶν ὀρέων, Ἰλ. Β. 869, Ὀδ. Ζ. 123. ΙΙ. μεταφ. 1) αἰπεινοὶ λόγοι = ἀπότομοι, ἀπερίσκεπτοι, πονηροὶ λόγοι, Πινδ. Ν. 5. 99, ἔνθα ἴδε τὸν Dissen. 2) δύσκτητος, σοφίαι μὲν αἰπειναί, ὁ αὐτ. Ο. 9.161· αἰπ. μαντεῖα, = δύσκολα, Εὐρ. Ἴων 739.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ή, όν :
haut, élevé.
Étymologie: αἶπος.

English (Autenrieth)

(εσσα), αἰπός: see αἰπύς.

English (Slater)

αἰπεινός
   1 steep
   a lit., αἰπεινῶν ἀπὸ σταθμῶν (P. 4.76) Πυθῶνος αἰπεινᾶς ὁμοκλάροις ἐπόπταις (N. 9.5)
   b met., difficult — σοφίαι μὲν αἰπειναί hard to reach (O. 9.108) τοῖο δ' ὀργὰν κνίζον αἰπεινοὶ λόγοι repugnant, distasteful (N. 5.32)