ἀχλύς

ἀχλύς, ύος, ἡ, (acc.

A

ἀχλύα Orph.A.341

) mist, Od.20.357; elsewh. in Hom. of a mist over the eyes, as of one dying,

κατὰ δ' ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτ' ἀ. Il.5.696

; as result of ulceration,

ἀχλύες Hp.Prorrh.2.20

, cf. Thphr.HP7.6.2, Dsc.2.78 (pl.), Aët.7.27; or in emotion,

Ἔρως πολλὴν κατ' ἀχλὺν ὀμμάτων ἔχευεν Archil.103

; of drunkenness,

πρὸς ὄμμ' ἀ. ἀμβλωπὸς ἐφίζει Critias 6.11

D.; of one whom a god deprives of the power of seeing and knowing others,

κατ' ὀφθαλμῶν χέεν ἀχλύν Il.20.321

; ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν σκέδασ' ἀχλύν ib.341, cf. 5.127, 15.668:— personified as Sorrow,

πὰρ δ' Ἀχλὺς εἱστήκει ἐπισμυγερή τε καὶ αἰνή, χλωρή, ἀϋσταλέη Hes.Sc.264

.

2 metaph.,

δνοφεράν τιν' ἀχλὺν . . αὐδᾶται A.Eu.379

(lyr.), cf. Pers.668 (lyr.);

ἀχλὺν ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀφελεῖν D.C.38.19

;

διάνοια ἀχλύος γέμουσα Plu.2.42c

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3 ἀ. ὑγρή liquid emitted by cuttlefish, Opp.H.3.158.—Mostly poet., but used by Hp. (v. supr.) and Arist.Mete.367b17, 373b12 (pl.): also in later Prose, Plb.34.11.15, Str.6.2.8, and v. supr. 2. [[pron. full] ῡ in nom. and acc. sg., Hom., Hes.: [pron. full] ῠ in later poets.]