ἅλιος

halios

of the sea

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book IV 1
Chapter 7 531b20–532b28

532b20
Book V 1
Chapter 12 544a1–24

544a12
Book IX 1
Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

621a28
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 755a36–756b12

756a32
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 107 840a15–26

840a20

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἅλιος (A), α, ον, also ος, ον S. Aj. 357, E. Heracl. 82(lyr.): (ἅλς:— A. of the sea, of sea-gods, nymphs, etc., θυγάτηρ ἁλίοιο γέροντος, i.e. of Nereus, Il. 1.556, Hes. Th. 1003, cf. Od. 4.365, al.; θεαὶ ἅ. sea-god-desses, Nereids, Il. 18.432; of Apollo, Arist. Mir. 840a20; ἅ. ψάμαθοι sea-sand, Od. 3.38; ἅ. πρών A. (only in lyr.) Pers. 131,879; κῦμα Id. Supp. 14; πρύμναι, πλάτα, νηῦς, Pi. O. 9.72, S. OC 716, Orph. A. 236.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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