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ἅλς (B), ἁλός [α^],
A.ἁλὸς πολιοῖοIl.20.229), sea (generally of shallow water near shore), “εἰς ἅλα δῖανIl.1.141; “χεῖρας νιψάμενος πολιῆς ἁλόςin sea-water, Od.2.261; “ ἁλὸς ἐπὶ γῆς12.27: sts. pleonast. “πόντος ἁλόςIl.21.59, Thgn.10; ἁλὸς πελάγη or πέλαγος, Od.5.335, h.Ap. 73, E.Tr.88; “πελαγίαν ἅλαA.Pers.427; “παρ᾽ ἁλμυρὰν ἅλαE.Ba.17; in pl. (with a pun on ἅλς A), Ar.Ach.760.—Poet. word: nom. only Emp.56. (Cf. Lat. sal: both masc. and fem. are from the same root.)
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Aeschylus, Persians, 427
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 760
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 17
    • Euripides, Trojan Women, 88
    • Homer, Iliad, 21.59
    • Homer, Odyssey, 12.27
    • Homer, Odyssey, 2.261
    • Homer, Odyssey, 5.335
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 3 to Apollo, 73
    • Homer, Iliad, 1.141
    • Homer, Iliad, 20.229
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