ἅλς

salt, πάσσε δʼ ἁλὸς θείοιο Il. 9.214, cf. Od. 17.455; ἁλὸς μέταλλον a salt-mine, Hdt. 4.185; ἁλὸς χόνδροι lumps of rock-salt, ib. 181 : sg. also Ar. Ach. 835, Philyll. 28, Axionic. 8: more freq. in pl., Od. 11.123, Hdt. 4.53, al., etc.:—prov. phrases: οὐ σύ γʼ ἂν . . σῷ ἐπιστάτη οὐδʼ ἅλα δοίης Od. 17.455; φῄς μοι πάντα δόμεν· τάχα δʼ . . οὐδʼ ἅλα δοίης Theoc. 27.61; ἅλας συναναλῶσαι, i.e. to be bound by ties of hospitality, Arist. EN 1156b27; τῶν ἁλῶν συγκατεδηδοκέναι μέδιμνον to have eaten a bu

in pl. of medical preparations, Dsc. 5.109.

brine, Call. Fr. 50.

ἃ. ἀμμωνιακός rock-salt, PLond. 1.78.90.

ἃ. Ἰνδικός sugar, Archig. ap. Paul.Aeg. 2.53.

ἅλες, οἱ, metaph., like Lat. sales, wit, possible but unlikely in Pl. Smp. 177b, Ep.Col. 4.6; certain in Plu. Comp. Arist. Men. 2.854c; ἅλες called “χάριτες” QConv. ib. 685a. (Cf. sq.)