αἶπος

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').