Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἕλος

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕλος

Sense

  1. marsh-meadow
  2. marshy ground

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐκ ἠδύναντο αὐτὸ ἔτι κρύπτειν, ἔλαβεν αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ θῖβιν καὶ κατέχρισεν αὐτὴν ἀσφαλτοπίσσῃ καὶ ἐνέβαλε τὸ παιδίον εἰσ αὐτὴν καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὴν εἰσ τὸ ἕλοσ παρὰ τὸν ποταμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 2:3)
  • καὶ ἐξεδίκησαν τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αἵματοσ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν εἰσ τὸ ἕλοσ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 9:42)
  • ἰδοὺ γὰρ ὁ πόλεμοσ ἐξεναντίασ ἡμῶν καὶ ἐξόπισθεν ἡμῶν, τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν καὶ ἕλοσ καὶ δρυμόσ, οὐκ ἔστι τόποσ τοῦ ἐκκλῖναι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 9:45)
  • μέν τινοσ ὑπεφερόμεθα ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ, εἶτα δὲ εἰσεπλεύσαμεν εἰσ τὸ ἕλοσ καὶ τὴν λίμνην εἰσ ἣν ὁ Εὐφράτησ ἀφανίζεται. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 9:5)
  • "εἰσὶ γὰρ οὗτοι καταδεδουλωμένοι πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον ὑπὸ τῶν Σπαρτιατῶν, οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν ἐκ Μεσσήνησ ὄντεσ, οἱ δ’ ἑλεάται κατοικοῦντεσ πρότερον τὸ καλούμενον Ἕλοσ τῆσ Λακωνικῆσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 101 1:16)

Synonyms

  1. marsh-meadow

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