ἴλη
οὐ κύριος ὑπὲρ μέδιμνόν ἐστ' ἀνὴρ οὐδεὶς ἔτι → he is no better than a woman, no man is any longer permitted to transact business over the one-bushel limit?
English (LSJ)
[ῑ], Dor. ἴλᾱ (Boeot. ϝιλ- in ϝιλαρχίω), ἡ,
A band, troop of men, Hdt.1.73,202; εὔφρονες ἶλαι merry companies, Pi.N.5.38; also ἴλα λεόντων E.Alc.581 (lyr.). 2 as a military term, troop of horse, prop. of sixty-four men, cf. Arr.Tact.18.2; but varying in number, Ascl.Tact.7.2;= Lat. turma, Plb.6.25.1, al., D.H.6.12, al., Plu.Caes. 45,al.; later,= Lat. ala, IGRom.3.272 (Galatia), BGU69 (ii A.D.), J. AJ17.10.9, etc.; κατὰ ἴλας,= ἰλαδόν, opp. κατὰ τάξεις, X.An.1.2.16: generally, troop or company of soldiers, S.Aj.1407 (anap.). 3 at Sparta, subdivision of the ἀγέλα (q.v.), X.Lac.2.11; κατ' ἴλην Plu. Lyc.16.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1251] ἡ (εἴλω, ἴλλω, vgl. εἴλη), eine zusammengedrängte Schaar, Rotte, Hause, von Menschen; Versammlung beim Gastmahle, Pind. N. 5, 38; μία δ' ἀνδρῶν ἴλη τὸν ὑπασπίδιον κόσμον φερέτω Soph. Ai. 1386; bes. von den Abtheilungen der Soldaten, κατ' ἴλας πορεύεσθαι Xen. Cyr. 6, 2, 36; τεταγμένοι κατ' ἴλας καὶ κατὰ τάξεις An. 1, 2, 16; bes. in Lacedämon, Lac. 2, 11 Plut. Lyc. 2. 16 u. öfter; eine Reiterabtheilung von 128 Mann, Aen. Tact. 43. Von Thieren, λεόντων Eur. Alc. 580; κατ' ἴλας, heerdenweise, Ael. N. A. 1, 46.
