ἠλίβᾰτος [ῐ], Dor.
ἀλ-,ον,
A. high, steep, always in Hom. as epith. ofπέτρηorπέτραι, 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 ἠ. An. 1.4.4 ; τόποι
Plb. 4.41.9
; πέτρος
Str. 17.1.50
; δένδρα
Agatharch. 97
; πῦρ
Hanno Peripl. 16
;σταυρόςEpigr. ap. Plu. Flam. 9 .
II. deep, abysmal,ἄντρῳ ἐν ἠ. Hes. Th. 483 ;Τάρταρος ἠ. Stes. 83 ; ἠ. ὑπὸ κευθμῶσι
E. Hipp. 732
(lyr.);πελάγεσσιν ἐν ἠ. Opp. H. 3.171 : metaph.,κακὸν ἠ. Damox. 2.22 ; εὐηθεια