ἄλσος

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στάζει γὰρ αὖ μοι φοίνιον τόδ᾽ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμαblood oozing from the deep wound, bloody gore drops oozing from the depths of my wound

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Full diacritics: ἄλσος Medium diacritics: ἄλσος Low diacritics: άλσος Capitals: ΑΛΣΟΣ
Transliteration A: álsos Transliteration B: alsos Transliteration C: alsos Beta Code: a)/lsos

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

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

German (Pape)

[Seite 110] εος, τό (mit ἀλδαίνω verw.), heiliger, einer Gottheit geweihter Hain, ἀγλαὸν ἄλσος Ἀθήνης αἰγείρων Od. 6, 291, κλυτὸν ἄλσος ἱρὸν Ἀθηναίης 321; ῷκει γὰρ ἐν ἄλσεϊ δενδρήεντι Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος 9, 200; ἄλσεα Περσεφονείης, μακραί τ' αἴγειροι καὶ ἰτέαι ὠλεσίκαρποι 10, 509; ἄλσος ὕπο σκιερὸν Ἀπόλλωνος 20, 278; ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' αἰγείρων ἦν ἄλσος 17, 208; – ἱερὸν ἄλσος Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος Hes. Sc. 99; θεῶν Soph. O. C. 10, u. öfter Tragg., Pind., Her. Später jeder Hain, Wäldchen, Theocr. 1, 117; Mosch. 3, 3; δένδρων Plat. Legg. XII, 947 c. Auch ganze Städte heißen ἄλσεα des von ihnen besonders verehrten Gottes, Hom. Iliad. 2, 506 Ὀγχηστόν θ' ἱερόν, Ποσιδήιον ἀγλαὸν ἄλσος; Ἄργος Ἰνάχου κόρης ἄλσος Soph. El. 5; Pind. Ol. 3, 19 Διὸς πάνδοκον ἄλσος; πόντιον ἄλσος die (Poseidon) heilige Meeresfläche Aesch. Pers. 111 vgl. Suppl. 848.