A.“ἀχλύα” Orph.A.341) mist, Od.20.357; elsewh. in Hom. of a mist over the eyes, as of one dying, “κατὰ δ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτ᾽ ἀ.” Il.5.696; as result of ulceration, “ἀχλύες” Hp.Prorrh.2.20, cf. Thphr.HP7.6.2, Dsc.2.78 (pl.), Aët.7.27; or in emotion, “Ἔρως πολλὴν κατ᾽ ἀχλὺν ὀμμάτων ἔχευεν” Archil.103; of drunkenness, “πρὸς ὄμμ᾽ ἀ. ἀμβλωπὸς ἐφίζει” Critias 6.11 D.; of one whom a god deprives of the power of seeing and knowing others, “κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν χέεν ἀχλύν” Il.20.321; ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν σκέδασ᾽ ἀχλύν ib.341, cf. 5.127, 15.668:— personified as Sorrow, “πὰρ δ᾽ Ἀχλὺς εἱστήκει ἐπισμυγερή τε καὶ αἰνή, χλωρή, ἀϋσταλέη” Hes.Sc.264.
2. metaph., “δνοφεράν τιν᾽ ἀχλὺν . . αὐδᾶται” A.Eu.379 (lyr.), cf. Pers.668 (lyr.); “ἀχλὺν ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀφελεῖν” D.C.38.19; “διάνοια ἀχλύος γέμουσα” Plu.2.42c.
3. ἀ. ὑγρή liquid emitted by cuttlefish, Opp.H.3.158.—Mostly poet., but used by Hp. (v. supr.) and Arist.Mete.367b17, 373b12 (pl.): also in later Prose, Plb.34.11.15, Str.6.2.8, and v. supr. 2. [υ_ in nom. and acc. sg., Hom., Hes.: υ^ in later poets.]
