ἰλύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῑ], ύος, ἡ</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">mud, slime</b>, τεύχεα . . κείσεθ' ὑπ' ἰλύος κεκαλυμμένα <span class="bibl">Il.21.318</span>, cf.<span class="title">IG</span>12.94.20, 23, Zeno Stoic.1.29, <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 354.19, etc.; of alluvial soil, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.7</span>; ἰ. καὶ ψάμμος Hp.<span class="bibl">Aër</span>.9. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">dregs, sediment</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.66</span>; of wine, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>753a24</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">impurity</b>, αἵματος Gal.1.603, cf. 616; στέρνων Androm. ap. eund.<span class="bibl">14.35</span>. [ἰλῡς -ῡν <span class="bibl">Choerob.<span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.331</span>; gen. ἰλῠος <span class="title">APl.</span>4.230 (Leon.), <span class="bibl">A.R. 1.10</span>, but <b class="b3">ἰλῡος</b> (metri gr. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.117</span>) Il. l.c.] (Cf. Russ. <b class="b2">il</b>, Polish <b class="b2">it</b> 'mud', 'potter's clay'.)</span>