- ἅλιος
- ἅλιος (A), α, ον, also ος, ον S.Aj.357, E.Heracl.82(lyr.): (ἅλς:—A of the sea, of sea-gods, nymphs, etc., θυγάτηρ ἁλίοιο γέροντος, i.e. of Nereus, Il.1.556, Hes.Th.1003, cf. Od.4.365, al.; θεαὶ ἅ. sea-god-desses, Nereids, Il.18.432; of Apollo, Arist.Mir.840a20; ἅ. ψάμαθοι 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.OC716, Orph.A.236.------------------------------------ἅλιος (B), α, ον: (perh. cf. ἠλίθιος):—mostly of things,A fruitless, idle, ἔπος, μῦθος, Il.18.324, 5.715;πόνος 4.26
;βέλος 5.18
;ὅρκιον 4.158
; in Od. only withὁδός 2.273
, 318; of a person, Il.10.324: neut. as Adv., in vain, 13.505, cf. 4.179, S.OC1469: reg. Adv.-ίως Id.Ph. 840
.—[dialect] Ep. word, used by S. in lyr.------------------------------------ἅλιος (C), ὁ, [dialect] Dor.for ἥλιος.II ([etym.] ἁλίζω), Pythag. name for nine, Theol.Ar.57.
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