αἶπος,εος,τό, (αἰπύς)
A. height, steep, A. Ag. 285 , 309 , etc.;πρὸς αἶπος ὁδοιπορῆσαι, ἰέναιto toil up-hill, Hp. Morb. 2.51 , 70 ;πρὸς αἶπος ἔρχεται, metaph. of a difficult task, E. Alc. 500 : henceαἶ. ( v.l. ἆπος )ἐκβαλὼν ὁδοῦ, i.e. thewearinessof the ascent (expl. by Hsch. asκάματος), Id. Ph. 851 (unlessἐκβαλών ='forgetting').