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Ἠλεῖος

eleios

of the marsh

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Where it lives

  • Mark 9 · 8.18/10k
  • Hellenica 52 · 7.91/10k
  • James 1 · 5.85/10k
  • Matthew 9 · 5.02/10k
  • Luke 7 · 3.63/10k
  • History 48 · 3.21/10k
  • Agesilaus 2 · 2.72/10k
  • Hippias Major 2 · 2.37/10k
  • Hippias Minor 1 · 2.3/10k
  • Symposium 2 · 2.1/10k
  • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
  • Romans 1 · 1.43/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

1. ἕλειος · heleios

of the marsh, meadow, marsh, of the meads

of the marsh or meadow, ἕ. ὕδωρ marsh-water, Hp. Aër. 10; ἕ. δάπεδον the surface of the meads, Ar. Ra. 352 (lyr.).

2 growing, dwelling in the marsh, asparagus

growing or dwelling in the marsh, δόναξ A. Pers. 494; τῶν Αἰγυπτίων οἱ ἕ. Th. 1.110; βίος ἕ. Arist. PA 693a15; [ζῷα] ἕ. ib. 674b31; σχοῖνος Dsc. l.c.; ἀκτή Ps.-Dsc. 4.173; ἕλειον, τό, = asparagus, Gloss.

II

Ἑλεία, ἡ, title of Artemis in Cos, Schwyzer 251B 5.

2. ἑλειός · heleios

dormouse, Myoxus glis

a kind of dormouse, Myoxus glis, Arist. HA 600b12, Artem. 3.65; μύες ἐ. Edict.Diocl. 4.38.

II hawk

a kind of hawk, Hsch., prob. in Arist. HA 620a21.

III wood-worm

wood-worm, Aristarch. ap. Hsch.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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