- ὕαλος
- ὕᾰλος or [full] ὕελος (v. infr.), ἡ, v. Ael.Dion.Fr.217; but in Thphr. Lap.49, ὁ:—the form [full] ὕαλος is said to be [dialect] Att., [full] ὕελος Hellenic, Phryn.281, Id.PS p.118 B., Moer.p.373 P., Thom.Mag.p.365 R.; in Hdt. codd. vary between ὕελος and ὕαλος; ὕελος is read in Arist.APo. 88a14, Thphr. l.c., Ign.73, PHolm.10.7, but ὕαλος in LXX Jb. 28.17, Anon.Lond.39.18, Apoc.21.18; cf. ὑάλινος:—originallyA some kind of crystalline stone, such as that used by the Ethiopians to enclose their mummies in, Hdt.3.24;
ὕ. ἀργή Peripl.M.Rubr.49
;ὕ. ὀρωρυγμένη
rock-crystal,Ach.Tat.
2.3.2 a convex lens of crystal, used as a burning-glass,λίθος διαφανὴς ἀφ' ἧς τὸ πῦρ ἅπτουσι Ar.Nu. 768
, cf. Thphr.Ign.73.II glass, first in Pl.Ti.61b, cf. Arist.Mete. 389a8, andὑαλῖτις;
glass-ware,PFay.
134.4 (iv A. D.).III ὕαλος χνοώδης, in Paul.Aeg.6.22, is an absorbent of some kind:—ὕαλος is also expld. by βόρβορος in Hsch. and Theognost.Can.18. [ῠᾰλος, as appears from Ar.Nu.768:—but late Poets make [pron. full] ῡ in some derivs. to bring them into dactylic verses, ῡάλεος AP6.33, 12.249; ῡέλινος ib. 14.52; ῡαλόεις ib.5.47; ῡαλοειδής Orph.L.280; in iambic metre, ῡαλόχροα AP6.211.]
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.