ἅλς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), <b class="b3">ἁλός [ᾰ], ὁ</b>: dat. pl. [[ἅλασιν]] (v. infr.):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[salt]], πάσσε δ' ἁλὸς θείοιο <span class="bibl">Il.9.214</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.17.455</span>; <b class="b3">ἁλὸς μέταλλον</b> a [[salt]]-mine, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.185</span>; <b class="b3">ἁλὸς χόνδροι</b> lumps of [[rock]]-[[salt]], ib.<span class="bibl">181</span> : sg. also <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>835</span>, <span class="bibl">Philyll.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Axionic.8</span>: more freq. in pl., <span class="bibl">Od.11.123</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.53</span>, al., etc.:—[[proverb|prov.]] phrases: οὐ σύ γ' ἂν . . σῷ ἐπιστάτη οὐδ' ἅλα δοίης <span class="bibl">Od.17.455</span>; φῄς μοι πάντα δόμεν· τάχα δ' . . οὐδ' ἅλα δοίης <span class="bibl">Theoc.27.61</span>; <b class="b3">ἅλας συναναλῶσαι</b>, i.e. to be bound by ties of hospitality, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1156b27</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν ἁλῶν συγκατεδηδοκέναι μέδιμνον</b> to have eaten a bushel of [[salt]] together, i.e. to be old friends, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>176; <b class="b3">οἱ περὶ ἅλα καὶ κύαμον</b>, of friends, Plu.2.684e, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EE</span>1238a3</span>; ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν <span class="bibl">Archil.96</span>; ποῦ ἅλες; ποῦ τράπεζαι; <span class="bibl">D.19.189</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς ἅλας παραβαίνειν</b> ib.191; τοὺς τῆς πόλεως ἅλας περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῆς ξενικῆς τραπέζης <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.224</span>; [[ἁλῶν δὲ φόρτος ἔνθεν ἦλθεν, ἔνθ' ἔβη]] '[[light come, light go]]', '[[easy come, easy go]]' <span class="bibl">Zen.2.20</span>; <b class="b3">ἅλασιν ὕει</b>, of great [[abundance]], Suid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in pl. of medical preparations, Dsc.5.109. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[brine]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>50</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> ἃ. [[ἀμμωνιακός]] [[rock-salt]], PLond.1.78.90. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> ἃ. Ἰνδικός [[sugar]], Archig. ap. <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.2.53</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">ἅλες, οἱ,</b> metaph., like Lat. [[sales]], [[wit]], possible but unlikely in <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Smp.</span>177b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Col.</span>4.6</span>; certain in Plu.2.854c; [[ἅλες]] called "[[χάριτες]]" ib.685a. (Cf.sq.)</span><br /><span class="bld">ἅλς</span> (B), <b class="b3">ἁλός [ᾰ], ἡ</b> (<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἁλὸς πολιοῖο <span class="bibl">Il.20.229</span>), [[sea]] (generally of [[shallow]] [[water]] near [[shore]]), εἰς ἅλα δῖαν <span class="bibl">Il.1.141</span>; χεῖρας νιψάμενος πολιῆς ἁλός in [[seawater]], <span class="bibl">Od.2.261</span>; ἢ ἁλὸς ἢ ἐπὶ γῆς <span class="bibl">12.27</span>: sometimes pleonast. πόντος ἁλός <span class="bibl">Il.21.59</span>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἁλὸς πελάγη</b> or [[πέλαγος]], <span class="bibl">Od.5.335</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span> 73</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>88</span>; πελαγίαν ἅλα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>427</span>; παρ' ἁλμυρὰν ἅλα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>17</span>; in pl. (with a pun on [[ἅλς]] A), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>760</span>.—Poet. word: nom. only <span class="bibl">Emp.56</span>. (Cf. Lat. <b class="b2">sal:</b> both masc. and fem. are from the same root.)</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[Lat. SAL]<br />A. as neut., a [[lump]] of [[salt]], Hdt.: [[generally]], [[salt]], oft. in pl., Hom., etc.; ἁλὸς [[μέταλλον]] a [[salt]]-[[mine]], Hdt., Od., etc.<br />B. as fem. sg., the sea, Hom.