eel
eel, ἐγχέλυές τε καὶ ἰχθύες Il. 21.203, cf. Epich. 73, Arist. HA 538a3, al., etc.; ἐ. Κωπαΐδας Ar. Ach. 880; ἐ. Βοιώτιαι Antiph. 236: prov., ἐγχέλεις θηρᾶσθαι, i.e. to ‘fish in troubled waters’, Ar. Eq. 864, cf. Nu. 559, Arist. HA 592a6.
The corpus record
ἔγχελυς
egchelus · ἡ
eel
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Where it lives
- Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ἔγχελυν · enchelyn Herodotus, Histories 2.72.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2055)
- ἐγχέλυές · enchelyes Iliad 21.203
- ἐγχέλυές · enchelyes Iliad 21.353
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἔγχελυς (scan p. 419; entry #1873).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἔγχελυς (scan p. 325; entry #2241).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἔγχελυς (scan pp. 471-472; entry #1725).