ἕλωρ

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English (LSJ)

τό, Ep. word (twice in Trag., v. infr.), only nom. and acc. sg. and pl.: (ἑλεῖν):—

   A spoil, prey, in sg., of unburied corpses, ἀνδράσι δυσμενέεσσιν ἕ. καὶ κύρμα γενέσθαι Il.5.488, cf. 17.151; μὴ θήρεσσιν ἕ. κ. κ. γένωμαι Od.5.473, cf. 3.271, A.R.1.1251; of valuables, μή . . ἕ. ἄλλοισι γένηται Od.13.208; κυσὶν πρόβλητος οἰωνοῖς θ' ἕ. S.Aj.830: pl., κυσὶν δ' ἕλωρα . . πέλειν A.Supp.800 (lyr.).    II in pl. also, Πατρόκλοιο δ' ἕλωρα . . ἀποτείσῃ may pay penalty for the slaughter of P., Il.18.93.