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1 ἅλις
ἅλις ( ϝάλις, cf. ἐϝάλην, εἴλω): crowded together; of persons, ‘in throngs’; bees, ‘in swarms’; corpses, ‘in heaps.’ Then in plenty, abundantly, enough; ἅλις δέ οἱ, he has carried it ‘far enough’ already, Il. 9.376 ; ἦ οὐχ ἅλις ὅτι (ὡς), is it not enough (and more than enough), etc.?A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > ἅλις
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2 Ἦλις
Ἦλις, -δος Puhvel?Grammatical information: f.Meaning: country in the Western Peloponnese, orig. the coast along Peneios and Alpheios ( κοίλη Ἦλις), and the capital (Il.).Other forms: Dor. (Pi.) Ἆλις,Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Assuming an orig. meaning `lowland' *Ϝᾶλις was by Curtius 360 connected with Lat. vallis `plain' (\< *u̯alnis, or *u̯alsis; on the phonetics Schwyzer 383 and 385). Further uncertain connections in W.-Hofmann s. v.Page in Frisk: 1,632Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > Ἦλις
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Elis — Elis, or Eleia (Greek, Modern: Ήλιδα Ilida , Ancient: Polytonic|Ἦλις Ēlis , Doric: Polytonic|Ἆλις Alis , Elean : Polytonic|Ϝάλις Walis ) is an ancient district, that corresponds with the modern Elis Prefecture. It is in southern Greece on the… … Wikipedia
