ἄλσος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[grove]], <span class="bibl">Il.20.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.350</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Phanocl.1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 1.117</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> esp. [[sacred grove]], <span class="bibl">Od.6.291</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>99</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.119</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>761c</span>, etc.:—hence, [[any hallowed precinct]], even without trees, <span class="bibl">Il.2.506</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>3.31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">B.3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>844</span>; <b class="b3">Μαραθώνιον ἄ</b>., of the field of battle, viewed as a holy place, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eleg.</span>4</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">πόντιον ἄ</b>. the ocean-[[plain]], <span class="bibl">B.16.85</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>111</span>. (Perh. for <b class="b3">ἄλτ-ιος</b> (cf. [[Ἄλτις]]), i.e. [[alq-ios]], cf. Goth. [[alhs]] 'temple'.)</span>