ἅλις

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], Adv.

   A in crowds, in plenty, hence, in a modified sense, sufficiently, enough:    1 Hom. mostly with Verbs, ἅ. πεποτήαται [μέλισσαι] Il.2.90; περὶ δὲ Τρῳαὶ ἅ. ἦσαν 3.384; κόπρος ἅ. κέχυτο Od. 17.298; ἅ. δέ οἱ ἦσαν ἄρουραι Il.14.122:—sts. just enough, in moderation, εἰ δ' ἅ. ἔλθοι Κύπρις E.Med.630; ἔφερε κακὸν ἅ. Id.Alc.907.    2 in Ep. freq. closely attached to Noun, χαλκόν τε χρυσόν τε ἅ. bronze and gold in abundance, Od.16.231, cf. Il.22.340; νῆα ἅ. χρυσοῦ καὶ χαλκοῦ νηησάσθω 9.137; ἅ. χέραδος 21.319; ἅ. δ' εὐῶδες ἔλαιον Od. 2.339:—rare in Trag. and Com., ἅ. βίοτον εὗρον E.Med.1107; λύπας ἅ. ἔχων (Elmsl. λύπης) Id.Hel.589; ἅ. ἐλᾳδίῳ διείς prob. in Sotad.Com.1.27; freq. in Alex. poetry, ἔχω οὐδ' ἅ. ὄξος Theoc.10. 13; ἅ. ὄλβος Call.Jov.84; ἄρτους ἅ. κατέθηκεν Id.Hec.35; ἱδρῶ ἅ. A.R.2.87:—rare with Adj., ἅ. ἦσθ' ἀνάρσιος A.Ag.511.    3 ἅλις (sc. ἐστί) 'tis enough, ἢ οὐχ ἅ. ὅττι . . ; is't not enough that . . ? Il. 5.349; ἢ οὐχ ἅ. ὡς . . ; 17.450, Od.2.312; ἅ. ἵν' ἐξήκεις δακρύων S.OT 1515: abs., ἅλις enough! Id.Aj.1402:—in Trag. c. acc. et inf., Ἀργείοισι Καδμείους ἅ. ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν A.Th.679: c. dat., ἅ. δὲ κλάειν τοὐμὸν ἦν ἐμοὶ κακόν E.Alc.1041.    4 like an Adj., as predicate, ἅ. γὰρ ἡ παροῦσα συμφορά ib.673, cf. IT1008, S.Tr.332.    5 ἅλις (sc. εἰμί) c. part., ἅ. νοσοῦσ' ἐγώ enough that I suffer, Id.OT 1061; ἅ. ἐγὼ δυστυχῶν Trag.Adesp.76.    6 c. gen. rei, enough of a thing, ἅ. ἔχειν τῆς βορῆς Hdt.1.119, cf. 9.27; πημονῆς ἅ. γ' ὑπάρχει A.Ag.1656, cf. 1659; ἅ. [ἐστὶ] λελεγμένων Id.Eu.675; ἅ. λόγων S.OC1016; ἅ. ἀφύης μοι Ar.Fr.506; to conclude an argument, καὶ τούτων μὲν ἅ. Pl.Plt.287a; καὶ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἅ. Arist.EN 1096a3, etc.—Cf. ἅλιας. (ϝαλ-, cf. γάλι· ἱκανόν, Hsch.; cf. ἁλής.)