The corpus record

ἕλος

elos · τό

marsh-meadow

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum I 2 · 1.15/10k
Histories 17 · 0.93/10k
Exodus 2 · 0.84/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
History 7 · 0.47/10k
Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant — LSJ

marsh-meadow, marshy ground

marsh-meadow, ἵπποι ἕλος κάτα βουκολέοντο Il. 20.221, cf. 4.483: generally, marshy ground, ἂν δόνακας καὶ ἕλος Od. 14.474, cf. Hdt. 1.191, Th. 1.110, Inscr.Cypr. 135.9 H. (Idalium), X. HG 1.2.7, etc.

2 backwater

backwater, δάσκιον ἕ. A.R. 2.1283.

In the wild

ἕλος · helos Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
ἕλος · helos Herodotus, Histories 1.185.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1307)
ἕλος · helos Herodotus, Histories 1.186.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1316)
ἕλος · helos Herodotus, Histories 1.191.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1344)
ἕλεά · helea Herodotus, Histories 1.202.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1445)
ἕλεα · helea Herodotus, Histories 2.133.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2499)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἕλος (scan p. 462; entry #2034). Root candidates: *selos-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἕλος (scan p. 356; entry #2456).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἕλος (scan pp. 533-534; entry #1878).

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