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[243] ἠλίβατον. The use of the word here as an epithet of a stone block is conclusive against the etymology given by Apoll. Lex. Hom.ἥλιος” and “βαίνειν”, i. e. “ἧς ἥλιος μόνον ἐπιβαίνει”. More likely is the derivation maintained by Buttm. on the suggestion of the Schol., “ ποιεῖ τινὰ ἀλιταίνειν τῆς βάσεως”, which would make the word nearly equivalent to “δύσβατος”. Others connect it with “λέπας”, root “λιπ” in the sense of ‘smooth,’ ‘sheer,’ like “λὶς πέτρη”. In h. Hom. Ven. 268 it is used as an epithet of pinetrees, but the line is suspicious.

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