κατῆλιψ
From LSJ
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
English (LSJ)
ῐφος, ἡ, variously expld. as
A ladder, roof-beam, upper story, etc. in Ar.Ra.566, cf. Sch.ad loc., Poll.7.123, Hsch.; also used by Luc.Lex.8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1400] ιφος, ἡ, das obere Geschoß des Hauses, Ar. Ran. 566, Schol. ἡ μέσοδμος, VLL. erkl. τὴν μέσην στέγην, Andere erkl. τὴν κλίμακα, vgl. Luc. Lex. 8. Die Ableitung ist dunkel, gew. führt man es auf ἦλιψ, Schuh, Sockel, zurück, vgl. Choerob. in B. A. 1200 u. Lob. Paralipp. 290.
