ἅλυσις
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English (LSJ)
(on the breathing v. Hdn.Gr.1.539), εως, ἡ,
A chain, χαλκέῃ ἁλύσι δεδεμένη ἄγκυρα Hdt.9.74, cf. Th.2.76, etc.; ἐν ἁλύσει μιᾷ δεδεμένους D.Chr.30.17, cf. Ep.Eph.6.20; πέτραν ἁλύσεσι χρυσέαισι φερομέναν E.Or.982:—as a woman's ornament, Ar.Fr.320.12, Nicostr. 33; σφραγῖδε . . ἁλύσεις χρυσᾶς ἔχουσαι IG2.652B35. 2 collectively, chains, bondage, Plb.21.3.3. 3 link in chain armour, Arr. Tact.3.5.
