ἅλς: Difference between revisions

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