A.destitute even of goats, hence, steep, sheer, “πέτρη” Il.9.15, al. (not in Od.), A.Supp. 794 (lyr.), Lyc.1325; also in form αἰγίλιπος , Hsch. (Perh. cognate with Lith.lipti `climb'.)
αἰγίλιψ [γι^], ι^πος, ὁ, ἡ, (expl. by Gramm. from αι^ξ, λείπω, cf. Sch. Il.9.15)