ἅλυσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(on the breathing v. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.539</span>), εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[chain]], χαλκέῃ ἁλύσι δεδεμένη ἄγκυρα <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.74</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.76</span>, etc.; ἐν ἁλύσει μιᾷ δεδεμένους <span class="bibl">D.Chr.30.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Eph.</span>6.20</span>; πέτραν ἁλύσεσι χρυσέαισι φερομέναν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>982</span>:—as a woman's ornament, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>320.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Nicostr. 33</span>; σφραγῖδε . . ἁλύσεις χρυσᾶς ἔχουσαι <span class="title">IG</span>2.652<span class="hiitalic">B</span>35. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> collectively, [[chains]], [[bondage]], <span class="bibl">Plb.21.3.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[link]] in chain armour, <span class="bibl">Arr. <span class="title">Tact.</span>3.5</span>.</span>