- ἧλος
- ἧλος, [dialect] Dor. [full] ἇλος, IG4.1484.62(Epid.), SIG245i69 (Delph., iv B.C.), Pi. (v. infr.), [dialect] Aeol.(?) [full] ϝάλλοι (pl.) written γάλλοι, Hsch.: ὁ:—A nail-head, stud, as an ornament,
σκῆπτρον χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον Il. 1.246
, cf. 11.633; ἐν δέ οἱ [τῷ ξίφει] ἧλοι χρύσειοι πάμφαινον ib.29, cf. Ath.11.488b, c: hence, of the stars, Placit.2.14.3.2 after Hom., nail, Pi.P.4.71:ἧλοι σιδηροῖ καὶ ξύλινοι X.Cyn.9.12
, etc.; of shoenails, Thphr.Char.4.13: prov.,ἥλῳ ἐκκρούειν τὸν ἧλον Luc.Laps.7
; ἥλῳ ὁ ἧλος (sc. ἐκκρούεται) Arist.Pol.1314a5, etc.3 = Lat. acutus (= spur), Gloss.II wart, callus, Thphr.Ign.37, Nic.Th.272;ἧλοι καὶ τύλοι Dsc.1.104
, cf. Asclep. ap. Gal.13.647; also on plants, esp. the olive, Thphr.HP4.14.3.
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