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ἔγχελυς

ἔγχελυς, an eel

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), Att. gen. εως, nom. pl. εις, cf. Ael.Dion. Fr. 145; gen. pl. ἐγγέλεων acc. to Choerob. in Theod. 1.331; but the 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. ἐγχέλυας Archil. 101:—
  • eel, ἐγχέλυές τε καὶ ἰχθύες Il. 21.203, cf. Epich. 73, Arist. HA 538a3, 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. HA 592a6.

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