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ἐνάλιος

enalios

in, on, of the sea

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐνάλιος [ᾰ], α, ον, and ος, ον E. Andr. 855 (nisi leg. ἐνάλου), Plu. Luc. 39: Ep. and Lyr. also εἰνάλιος, α, ον (ος, ον E. Hel. 526, lyr.): (ἅλς B):—A. in, on, of the sea, κῆτος, κορῶναι, Od. 4.443, 5.67, etc.; νομός Archil. 74.8; εἰνάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθὺν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας while the rest of the tackle is at work fishing deep in the sea, Pi. P. 2.79. cf. Theoc. 21.39; ἐ. πόροι A. Pers. 453; ἐ. θεός, of Poseidon, S. OC 888 (troch.), 1493 (lyr.); ἐ. λεώς seamen, Id. Aj. 565; πόντου εἰναλία φύσις, i.e. the fish, Id. Ant. 345 (lyr.); of islands, ἐ. Εὐβοιὶς αἶα Id. Fr. 255; ἐ. χθών, of Tyre, E. Ph. 6.—Poet. word, used in later Prose, ἐ. νῆσοι Arist. Mu. 392b19; δίαιται Plu. Luc. 39; ὄργανα Porph. Antr. 35.
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