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ἠλίβα^τος [ι^], Dor. ἀλ- , ον,
A.high, steep, always in Hom. as epith. of πέτρη or πέτραι, Il.15.273, al., cf. Hes.Th.675, 786, Thgn.176, Pi. O.6.64, A.Supp.352 (lyr.), E.Supp.80 (lyr.), Theoc.26.10, etc.; ὄρος, ἄκρη, ἐρίπναι, A.R.2.169, 361, 1248; of the Olympian throne of Zeus, Ar.Av.1732; of trees, h.Ven.267 (so prob. in Hes.Sc.422).—Also in X. and later Prose, πέτραι . An.1.4.4; “τόποιPlb.4.41.9; “πέτροςStr.17.1.50; “δένδραAgatharch.97; “πῦρHanno Peripl.16; σταυρός Epigr. ap. Plu.Flam.9.
II. deep, abysmal, ἄντρῳ ἐν . Hes.Th. 483; Τάρταρος . Stes.83; “. ὑπὸ κευθμῶσιE.Hipp.732 (lyr.); πελάγεσσιν ἐν . Opp.H.3.171: metaph., κακὸν . Damox.2.22; “εὐηθειαPorph.Abst.1.12.
III. in later Poets (perh. from a misunderstanding of [“Κύκλωψ] . πέτρην ἐπέθηκε θύρῃσινOd.9.243), huge, enormous, “μέλεαOpp.H.5.66; “σχεδίηQ.S.11.312; so in Prose, κῦμα, σκιαί, Plu.2.163c,935f. (Etym. dub., cf. ἄλιψ: πέτρα, Hsch.
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