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