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ἁλι-εύς

alieus · ὁ

one who has to do with the sea

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ἁλι-εύς · hali-eus — LSJ

one who has to do with the sea

one who has to do with the sea, and so,

1 fisher

fisher, Od. 12.251, 22.384, Hdt. 3.42, S. Fr. 115, Pl. Ion 539e, etc.: ἀνὴρ ἁ. Hes. Sc. 214.

2 seaman, sailor, on the sea

seaman, sailor, Od. 24.419; ἐρέτας ἁλιῆας rowers on the sea, 16.349; as Adj., ἁλιεὺς στρατός Opp. H. 5.121.

a fish, = βάτραχος, Arist. HA 620b12, Plu. Sollert. 2.978d, Paus. 3.21.5.

In the wild

ἁλιεῖς · halieis Aristotle, Politics 1291b (DIORISIS sentence 1481)
ἁλιέας · halieas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 223)
ἁλιεῖς · halieis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1559)
ἁλιέα · haliea Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7082)
ἁλιεὺς · halieus Herodotus, Histories 3.42.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3184)
ἁλιεὺς · halieus Herodotus, Histories 3.42.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3189)

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Where it came from

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