ἴλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῑ], Dor. ἴλᾱ (Boeot. ϝιλ- in <b class="b3">ϝιλαρχίω</b>), ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">band, troop</b> of men, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.73</span>,<span class="bibl">202</span>; <b class="b3">εὔφρονες ἶλαι</b> merry <b class="b2">companies</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.38</span>; also ἴλα λεόντων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>581</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> as a military term, <b class="b2">troop of horse</b>, prop. of sixty-four men, cf. <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>18.2</span>; but varying in number, Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>7.2;= Lat. <b class="b2">turma</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.25.1</span>, al., <span class="bibl">D.H.6.12</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span> 45</span>,al.; later,= Lat. <b class="b2">ala</b>, IGRom.3.272 (Galatia), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>69</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl">J. <span class="title">AJ</span>17.10.9</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κατὰ ἴλας</b>,= <b class="b3">ἰλαδόν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ τάξεις</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.16</span>: generally, <b class="b2">troop</b> or <b class="b2">company of soldiers</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1407</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> at Sparta, subdivision of the <b class="b3">ἀγέλα</b> (q.v.), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>2.11</span>; κατ' ἴλην <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Lyc.</span>16</span>.</span>