ἅλς

A. salt, πάσσε δ’ ἁλὸς θείοιο Il. 9.214, cf. Od. 17.455; ἁλὸς μέταλλον a salt-mine, Hdt. 4.185; ἁλὸς χόνδροι lumps of rock-salt, ib.181 : sg. also Ar. Ach. 835, Philyll. 28, Axionic. 8: more freq. in pl., Od. 11.123, Hdt. 4.53, al., etc.:—prov. phrases: οὐ σύ γ’ ἂν . . σῷ ἐπιστάτη οὐδ’ ἅλα δοίης Od. 17.455; φῄς μοι πάντα δόμεν· τάχα δ’ . . οὐδ’ ἅλα δοίης Theoc. 27.61; ἅλας συναναλῶσαι, i.e. to be bound by ties of hospitality, Arist. EN 1156b27; τῶν ἁλῶν συγκατεδηδοκέναι μέδιμνον to have eaten a bushel of salt together, i.e. to be old friends, Com.Adesp. 176; οἱ περὶ ἅλα καὶ κύαμον, of friends, Plu. 2.684e, cf. Arist. EE 1238a3; ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν Archil. 96; ποῦ ἅλες; ποῦ τράπεζαι; D. 19.189; τοὺς ἅλας παραβαίνειν ib.191; τοὺς τῆς πόλεως ἅλας περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῆς ξενικῆς τραπέζης Aeschin. 3.224; ἁλῶν δὲ φόρτος ἔνθεν ἦλθεν, ἔνθ’ ἔβη 'light come, light go', Zen. 2.20; ἅλασιν ὕει, of great abundance, Suid.

2. in pl. of medical preparations, Dsc. 5.109.

II. brine, Call. Fr. 50.

III. ἃ. ἀμμωνιακός rock-salt, PLond. 1.78.90.

2. ἃ. Ἰνδικός sugar, Archig. ap. Paul.Aeg. 2.53.

IV. ἅλες,οἱ, metaph., like Lat. sales, wit, possible but unlikely in Pl. Smp. 177b, Ep.Col. 4.6; certain in Plu. 2.854c; ἅλες called "χάριτες" ib.685a. (Cf.sq.)