ἅλιος: Difference between revisions

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