[53] ἠλάκατα, ‘the yarn’ ( Od.17. 97) spun off from the “ἠλακάτη” or distaff. No form of the word in the singular is found. But for the change in meaning we may compare “μῆρος” and “μηρία”, aedes sing. and plur. In Od.4. 135 the colour of the wool that Helen is spinning is “ἰοδνεφές”. The common interpretation of ἁλιπόρφυρα is “ἁλουργὰ, τουτέστιν ἐκ θαλασσίας πορφύρας”, as Hesych. and others. Perhaps there is an allusion intended to the famous Phoenician purple dye from the murex. The Schol. Q. on Od. 13.108 and Eustath. interpret the word as “ἐοικότα τῇ θαλάσσῃ πορφυριζούσῃ”, a rendering which is certainly supported by the form of the compound; “ἁλί” being a true locative case. Ebeling, Hom. Lex., quotes as one interpretation ‘wie Purpur in der Salzfluth.’ Compare “ἁλίπλοος, ἁλιμυρήεις”.
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