αἶπος
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
εος, τό, (αἰπύς)
A height, steep, A.Ag.285,309, etc.; πρὸς αἶπος ὁδοιπορῆσαι, ἰέναι to toil up-hill, Hp.Morb.2.51,70; πρὸς αἶπος ἔρχεται, metaph. of a difficult task, E.Alc.500: hence αἶ. (v.l. ἆπος ) ἐκβαλὼν ὁδοῦ, i.e. the weariness of the ascent (expl. by Hsch. as κάματος), Id.Ph.851 (unless ἐκβαλών = 'forgetting').
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἶπος: -εος, τό, (αἰπύς) ὕψωμα, ἀκρώρεια, κρημνὸς ἀπότομος, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 285, 309, κτλ. πρβλ. ἀπότομος: ― πρὸς αἶπος ἰέναι, ὁδοιπορεῖν, ἀναβαίνω μετὰ κόπου ὕψωμα, Ἱππ. 479. 17 καὶ 44., 485. 51· πρὸς αἶπος ἔρχεται, μεταφ. ἐπὶ δυσκόλου ἔργου, Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 500 καὶ τὸ ἐν Φοιν. 851· αἶπος ἐκβαλὼν ὁδοῦ (τὸ κοπῶδες τῆς ὁδοιπορίας) εἶναι ἡ πιθανωτέρα φαίνεται γραφή, διότι ὁ Ἡσύχ. ἔχει γλῶσσ. «αἶπος· κάματος.» Πρβλ. Εὐστ. 381. 19 (ἔνθα ὅμως ἐν τῷ κειμένῳ εἶναι ἆπος).
French (Bailly abrégé)
εος, att. ους (τό) :
escarpement ; hauteur, montagne ; πρὸς αἶπος ἔρχεται EUR il va gravir l’escarpement en parl. d’une tâche ardue.
Étymologie: αἰπύς.
Spanish (DGE)
-εος, τό
• Morfología: [gen. contr. -ους]
1 altura, elevación, montaña Ἀθῷον αἶπος Ζηνός A.A.285, Ἀραχναῖον A.A.309, Παρνάσιον Theoc.7.148, Ἀργανθώνιον Euph.71, Μυρτώσιον A.R.2.505, ὁδοιπορῆσαι ... πρὸς αἶπος marchar cuesta arriba Hp.Morb.2.51, ἰέναι Hp.Morb.2.70, fig. (δαίμων) πρὸς αἶπος ἔρχεται (el destino) se hace cuesta arriba E.Alc.500.
2 fig. agotamiento, esfuerzo αἶπος ἐκβαλὼν ὁδοῦ descansando del esfuerzo del camino E.Ph.851, cf. Hsch.
• Etimología: Cf. αἰπύς.
