ἅλις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], Adv. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[in crowds]], [[in plenty]], hence, in a modified sense, [[sufficiently]], [[enough]]: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> Hom. mostly with Verbs, <b class="b3">ἅ. πεποτήαται [μέλισσαι</b>] <span class="bibl">Il.2.90</span>; περὶ δὲ Τρῳαὶ ἅ. ἦσαν <span class="bibl">3.384</span>; κόπρος ἅ. κέχυτο <span class="bibl">Od. 17.298</span>; ἅ. δέ οἱ ἦσαν ἄρουραι <span class="bibl">Il.14.122</span>:—sts. [[just enough]], [[in moderation]], εἰ δ' ἅ. ἔλθοι Κύπρις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>630</span>; ἔφερε κακὸν ἅ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alc.</span>907</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Ep. freq. closely attached to Noun, <b class="b3">χαλκόν τε χρυσόν τε ἅ</b>. bronze and gold [[in abundance]], <span class="bibl">Od.16.231</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.22.340</span>; νῆα ἅ. χρυσοῦ καὶ χαλκοῦ νηησάσθω <span class="bibl">9.137</span>; ἅ. χέραδος <span class="bibl">21.319</span>; ἅ. δ' εὐῶδες ἔλαιον <span class="bibl">Od. 2.339</span>:—rare in Trag. and Com., ἅ. βίοτον εὗρον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1107</span>; <b class="b3">λύπας ἅ. ἔχων</b> (Elmsl. [[λύπης]]) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>589</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. ἐλᾳδίῳ διείς</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">Sotad.Com.1.27</span>; freq. in Alex. poetry, ἔχω οὐδ' ἅ. ὄξος <span class="bibl">Theoc.10</span>. <span class="bibl">13</span>; ἅ. ὄλβος <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Jov.</span>84</span>; ἄρτους ἅ. κατέθηκεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hec.</span>35</span>; ἱδρῶ ἅ. <span class="bibl">A.R.2.87</span>:—rare with Adj., ἅ. ἦσθ' ἀνάρσιος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>511</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[ἅλις]] (sc. [[ἐστί]]) '[[tis enough]], <b class="b3">ἢ οὐχ ἅ. ὅττι</b> . . ; is't not [[enough]] that . . ? <span class="bibl">Il. 5.349</span>; <b class="b3">ἢ οὐχ ἅ. ὡς</b> . . ; <span class="bibl">17.450</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.312</span>; ἅ. ἵν' ἐξήκεις δακρύων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 1515</span>: abs., [[ἅλις]] [[enough]]! <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1402</span>:—in Trag. c. acc. et inf., Ἀργείοισι Καδμείους ἅ. ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>679</span>: c. dat., ἅ. δὲ κλάειν τοὐμὸν ἦν ἐμοὶ κακόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1041</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> like an Adj., as predicate, <b class="b3">ἅ. γὰρ ἡ παροῦσα συμφορά</b> ib.<span class="bibl">673</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>1008</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>332</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[ἅλις]] (sc. [[εἰμί]]) c. part., <b class="b3">ἅ. νοσοῦσ' ἐγώ</b> [[enough]] that I suffer, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span> 1061</span>; ἅ. ἐγὼ δυστυχῶν <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>76. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> c. gen. rei, [[enough of]] a thing, ἅ. ἔχειν τῆς βορῆς <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.119</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.27</span>; πημονῆς ἅ. γ' ὑπάρχει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1656</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1659</span>; ἅ. [ἐστὶ] λελεγμένων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>675</span>; ἅ. λόγων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1016</span>; ἅ. ἀφύης μοι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>506</span>; to conclude an argument, καὶ τούτων μὲν ἅ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>287a</span>; καὶ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἅ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span> 1096a3</span>, etc.—Cf. <b class="b3">ἅλιας.</b> (<b class="b3">ϝαλ-</b>, cf. <b class="b3">γάλι· ἱκανόν</b>, Hsch.; cf. [[ἁλής]].)</span>