ἅλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>357</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>82</span>(lyr.): (<b class="b3">ἅλς</b>:— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">of the sea</b>, of sea-gods, nymphs, etc., <b class="b3">θυγάτηρ ἁλίοιο γέροντος</b>, i.e. of Nereus, <span class="bibl">Il.1.556</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>1003</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.365</span>, al.; <b class="b3">θεαὶ ἅ</b>. [[sea]]-god-desses, Nereids, <span class="bibl">Il.18.432</span>; of Apollo, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>840a20</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. ψάμαθοι</b> [[sea]]-sand, <span class="bibl">Od.3.38</span>; ἅ. πρών A. (only in lyr.) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>131</span>,<span class="bibl">879</span>; κῦμα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>14</span>; <b class="b3">πρύμναι, πλάτα, νηῦς</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.72</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>716</span>, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>236</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">ἅλιος</span> (B), α, ον: (perh. cf. [[ἠλίθιος]]):—mostly of things, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[fruitless]], [[idle]], <b class="b3">ἔπος, μῦθος</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.324</span>, <span class="bibl">5.715</span>; πόνος <span class="bibl">4.26</span>; βέλος <span class="bibl">5.18</span>; ὅρκιον <span class="bibl">4.158</span>; in Od. only with ὁδός <span class="bibl">2.273</span>, <span class="bibl">318</span>; of a person, <span class="bibl">Il.10.324</span>: neut. as Adv., <b class="b2">in vain</b>, <span class="bibl">13.505</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.179</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1469</span>: reg. Adv. -ίως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 840</span>.—Ep. word, used by S. in lyr.</span><br /> (C), ὁ, Dor.for <b class="b3">ἥλιος</b>. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (ἁλίζω), Pythag. name for [[nine]], Theol.Ar.57.</span>

|etymtx=ον<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[fruitless]], [[idle]]; adv. <b class="b2">in vain</b> (Hom.)<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: The connection with <b class="b3">ἠλίθιος</b>, <b class="b3">ἠλάσκω</b>, and further to <b class="b3">ἀλάομαι</b> is correctly rejected by DELG; it does not explain the spiritus asper. There are no traces of <b class="b3">Ϝ-</b>, cf. Sommer Lautst. 98. Schwyzer 461 A. 5 points to the expression <b class="b3">εἰς ὕδωρ γράφειν</b> suggesting the word belongs to <b class="b3">ἅλς</b>. DELG supports this by remarking that the word is often used of <b class="b3">βέλος</b>, evoking an arrow that misses its target and falls in the sea; but why would it fall in the sea? - Old disappearing term, replaced by <b class="b3">μάταιος</b>. S. also Snell FS Von Mercklin 172f.