εἶλαρ
ψυχῆς πείρατα ἰὼν οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροιο πᾶσαν ἐπιπορευόμενος ὁδόν· οὕτω βαθὺν λόγον ἔχει → one would never discover the limits of soul, should one traverse every road—so deep a measure does it possess
English (LSJ)
τό, used only in nom. and acc. sg.,
A covering, shelter, defence, εἶ. νηῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν shelter for ship and crew, Il.7.338, etc.; κύματος εἶ. fence against the waves, Od.5.257. (ϝέλϝαρ, cf. ἔλαρ Hsch., εἴλω.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 728] ατος, τό, Bedeckung, Schutzwehr; νηῶν, für die Schiffe, Il. 7, 338; κύματος, gegen die Woge, Od. 5, 257.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εἶλαρ: τό, ἐν χρήσει μόνον κατ’ ὀνομ. καὶ αἰτ. τοῦ ἑνικοῦ: (εἴλω): - ἕρκος, φραγμός, σκέπη, φυλακή, ἀσφάλεια, εἶλαρ νηῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν Ἰλ. ΙΙ. 338, κτλ.· κύματος εἶλαρ ἔμεν, «πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἀπείργειν τὸ κῦμα λυόμενον ἐκεῖσε εἰς ἀφρὸν» (Εὐστ.), Ὀδ. Ε. 257.
