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ἅλς

ἅλς, ἅλς, salt, grain of salt

ἅλς2, ἅλς, (poetic) sea

ἅλς (A), ἁλός [ᾰ], ὁ: dat. pl. ἅλασιν (v. infr.):—
  • salt, πάσσε δʼ ἁλὸς θείοιο Il. 9.214, cf. Od. 17.455; ἁλὸς μέταλλον a salt-mine, Hdt. 4.185; ἁλὸς χόνδροι lumps of rock-salt, ib. 181: sg. also Ar. Ach. 835, Philyll. 28, Axionic. 8: more freq. in pl., Od. 11.123, Hdt. 4.53, al., etc.:—prov. phrases: οὐ σύ γʼ ἂν . . σῷ ἐπιστάτη οὐδʼ ἅλα δοίης Od. 17.455; φῄς μοι πάντα δόμεν· τάχα δʼ . . οὐδʼ ἅλα δοίης Theoc. 27.61; ἅλας συναναλῶσαι, i.e. to be bound by ties of hospitality, Arist. EN 1156b27; τῶν ἁλῶν συγκατεδηδοκέναι μέδιμνον to have eaten a bushel of salt together, i.e. to be old friends, Com.Adesp. 176; οἱ περὶ ἅλα καὶ κύαμον, of friends, Plu. QConv. 2.684e, cf. Arist. EE 1238a3; ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν Archil. 96; ποῦ ἅλες; ποῦ τράπεζαι; D. 19.189; τοὺς ἅλας παραβαίνειν ib. 191; τοὺς τῆς πόλεως ἅλας περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῆς ξενικῆς τραπέζης Aeschin. 3.224; ἁλῶν δὲ φόρτος ἔνθεν ἦλθεν, ἔνθʼ ἔβη ‘light come, light go’, Zen. 2.20; ἅλασιν ὕει, of great abundance, Suid.
      • 2 in pl. of medical preparations, Dsc. 5.109.
    • II brine, Call. Fr. 50.
    • III ἃ. ἀμμωνιακός rock-salt, PLond. 1.78.90.
      • 2 ἃ. Ἰνδικός sugar, Archig. ap. Paul.Aeg. 2.53.
    • IV ἅλες, οἱ, metaph., like Lat. sales, wit, possible but unlikely in Pl. Smp. 177b, Ep.Col. 4.6; certain in Plu. Comp. Arist. Men. 2.854c; ἅλες called “χάριτες” QConv. ib. 685a. (Cf. sq.)
ἅλς (B), ἁλός [ᾰ], ἡ (ἁλὸς πολιοῖο Il. 20.229),
  • sea (generally of shallow water near shore), εἰς ἅλα δῖαν Il. 1.141; χεῖρας νιψάμενος πολιῆς ἁλός in sea-water, Od. 2.261; ἢ ἁλὸς ἢ ἐπὶ γῆς 12.27: sts. pleonast. πόντος ἁλός Il. 21.59, Thgn. 10; ἁλὸς πελάγη or πέλαγος, Od. 5.335, h.Ap. 73, E. Tr. 88; πελαγίαν ἅλα A. Pers. 427; παρʼ ἁλμυρὰν ἅλα E. Ba. 17; in pl. (with a pun on ἅλς A), Ar. Ach. 760.—Poet. word: nom. only Emp. 56. (Cf. Lat. sal: both masc. and fem. are from the same root.)

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