- ἔγχελυς
- ἔγχελυς Matro Conv.39, acc. -ῠν Archestr.Fr.8 (the accent ἐγχέλυς, etc., is sts. found as v.l.), ἡ (ὁ, is f.l. in Luc.Anach.1), [dialect] Att. gen. εως, nom. pl. εις, cf. Ael.Dion.Fr.145; gen. pl. ἐγγέλεων acc. to Choerob. in Theod.1.331; but the [dialect] Ion. forms -υος, -υες or -υς, -ύων, -υσι are freq. found as v.l. in Arist.HA; dat. sg. -υϊ Hp.Mul.2.115; acc. pl.A
ἐγχέλυας Archil.101
:—eel,ἐγχέλυές τε καὶ ἰχθύες Il.21.203
, cf. Epich.73, Arist.HA538a3, al., etc.;ἐ. Κωπαΐδας Ar.Ach.880
;ἐ. Βοιώτιαι Antiph.236
: prov., ἐγχέλεις θηρᾶσθαι, i.e. to 'fish in troubled waters', Ar.Eq.864, cf. Nu.559, Arist.HA592a6.
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