A.salt, “πάσσε δ᾽ 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 γ᾽ ἂν . . σῷ ἐπιστάτη οὐδ᾽ ἅλα δοίης” Od.17.455; “φῄς μοι πάντα δόμεν: τάχα δ᾽ . . οὐδ᾽ ἅλα δοίης” Theoc.27.61; ἅλας συναναλῶσαι, i.e. to be bound by ties of hospitality, Arist.EN1156b27; 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.2.684e, cf. Arist.EE1238a3; “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, ἔνθ᾽ 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.
IV. ἅλες, οἱ, metaph., like Lat. sales, wit, possible but unlikely in Pl. Smp.177b, Ep.Col.4.6; certain in Plu.2.854c; ἅλες called "χάριτες" ib.685a. (Cf.sq.)
