ἅλις

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Word-form

ἤλιθα

Transliteration (Word)

ēlitha

Transliteration (Etymon)

halis

Author

Orion

Century

5 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etymologicum, alpha, p. 27

Ed.

F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820

Quotation

Ἅλις, τὸ ἐπίῤῥημα, δηλοῦν τὸ δαψιλὲς καὶ πολύ. παρὰ δὲ τὸ ἅλις ἅλιθα, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ α εἰς η, ἥλιθα πολλὴν ἐκ παραλλήλου.