I.high and steep, lofty, of cities on heights, as Troy, Od.; of hills, Il.; βρόχος αἰπ. a noose hanging straight down, Od.
II.metaph. sheer, utter, αἰπὺς ὄλεθρος Hom. (death being regarded as the plunge over a precipice); so, φόνος αἰπύς Od.; also αἰπὺς χόλος towering wrath, Il.
2.arduous, difficult, id=Il.