ἁλίσκομαι (ϝαλ.), pres. not in Homer, aor. ἥλω, subj. ἁλώω, opt. ἁλῴην, ἁλοίην,
inf. ἁλῶναι, part. ἁλούς (α?λόντε, Il. 5.487): be taken,
captured, of men, towns; met. θανάτῳ
ἁλῶναι, and without θανάτῳ
of being ‘killed,’ ‘slain’
(cf. αἱρέω).