A.in crowds, in plenty, hence, in a modified sense, sufficiently, enough:
1. Hom. mostly with Verbs, ἅ. πεποτήαται [μέλισσαι] Il.2.90; “περὶ δὲ Τρῳαὶ ἅ. ἦσαν” 3.384; “κόπρος ἅ. κέχυτο” Od. 17.298; “ἅ. δέ οἱ ἦσαν ἄρουραι” Il.14.122:—sts. just enough, in moderation, “εἰ δ᾽ ἅ. ἔλθοι Κύπρις” E.Med.630; “ἔφερε κακὸν ἅ.” Id.Alc.907.
2. in Ep. freq. closely attached to Noun, χαλκόν τε χρυσόν τε ἅ. bronze and gold in abundance, Od.16.231, cf. Il.22.340; “νῆα ἅ. χρυσοῦ καὶ χαλκοῦ νηησάσθω” 9.137; “ἅ. χέραδος” 21.319; “ἅ. δ᾽ εὐῶδες ἔλαιον” Od. 2.339:—rare in Trag. and Com., “ἅ. βίοτον εὗρον” E.Med.1107; λύπας ἅ. ἔχων (Elmsl. λύπης) Id.Hel.589; ἅ. ἐλᾳδίῳ διείς prob. in Sotad.Com.1.27; freq. in Alex. poetry, “ἔχω οὐδ᾽ ἅ. ὄξος” Theoc.10. 13; “ἅ. ὄλβος” Call.Jov.84; “ἄρτους ἅ. κατέθηκεν” Id.Hec.35; “ἱδρῶ ἅ.” A.R.2.87:—rare with Adj., “ἅ. ἦσθ᾽ ἀνάρσιος” A.Ag.511.
3. ἅλις (sc. ἐστί) 'tis enough, ἢ οὐχ ἅ. ὅττι . . ; is't not enough that . . ? Il. 5.349; ἢ οὐχ ἅ. ὡς . . ; 17.450, Od.2.312; “ἅ. ἵν᾽ ἐξήκεις δακρύων” S.OT 1515: abs., ἅλις enough! Id.Aj.1402:—in Trag. c. acc. et inf., “Ἀργείοισι Καδμείους ἅ. ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν” A.Th.679: c. dat., “ἅ. δὲ κλάειν τοὐμὸν ἦν ἐμοὶ κακόν” E.Alc.1041.
5. ἅλις (sc. εἰμί) c. part., ἅ. νοσοῦσ᾽ ἐγώ enough that I suffer, Id.OT 1061; “ἅ. ἐγὼ δυστυχῶν” Trag.Adesp.76.
6. c. gen. rei, enough of a thing, “ἅ. ἔχειν τῆς βορῆς” Hdt.1.119, cf. 9.27; “πημονῆς ἅ. γ᾽ ὑπάρχει” A.Ag.1656, cf. 1659; “ἅ. [ἐστὶ] λελεγμένων” Id.Eu.675; “ἅ. λόγων” S.OC1016; “ἅ. ἀφύης μοι” Ar.Fr.506; to conclude an argument, “καὶ τούτων μὲν ἅ.” Pl.Plt.287a; “καὶ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἅ.” Arist.EN 1096a3, etc.—Cf. ἅλιας. （ϝαλ-, cf. γάλι: ἱκανόν, Hsch.; cf. ἁλής.)
