ἑλέπολις
ἑλέπολις, poet.
ἑλέπτολις,
ι,
εως,
A). city-destroying, epith. of Helen,
A. Ag. 689 (lyr.); of Iphigenia,
E. IA 1476 (lyr.),
1511 (lyr.); of Lamia,
Com.Adesp. 303 .
2). metaph., of a person,
ἑ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος Hp. Ep. 11 ; also
ἡ τῶν ἀνοσίων ἑ. τοῦτο (sc.
πένθος)
Ph. 2.191 .
ShortDef
city-destroying, a siege-engine
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἑλέπολις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ελεπολις
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-33598
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἑλέπολις</span>, poet. <span class="orth greek">ἑλέπτολις</span>, <span class="itype greek">ι</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">city-destroying</span>, epith. of Helen, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:689" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:689/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 689 </a>(lyr.); of Iphigenia, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1476" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1476/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 1476 </a>(lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1511" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1511/canonical-url/"> 1511 </a>(lyr.); of Lamia, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 303 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> fem. Subst., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">engine for sieges</span>, invented by Demetrius Poliorcetes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:20:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:20.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 20.48 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg057:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg057:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Demetr.</span> 21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:95:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:95.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 95.39 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Vitr.</span> 10.16.4 </span>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἄνευ μηχανῆς καὶ ἑ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 3.45 </a>: pl., <span class="quote greek">ἑ. μηχαναί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:9:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:9.68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 9.68 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., of a person, <span class="quote greek">ἑ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 11 </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">ἡ τῶν ἀνοσίων ἑ. τοῦτο</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">πένθος</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:191" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.191/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.191 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}