Ἰλιάς (2.538)

ἁλμίζομαι

to be made salt, ὑπὸ θαλάσσης Sch. Il. 2.538, cf. Zos.Alch. p.248B.

ἔφαλος

on the sea, of seaports, Κήρινθόν τʼ ἔφαλον Il. 2.538, cf. 584, S. Aj. 190 (lyr.); οἰκία Philostr. Im. 1.12; ἡ ἔ. (sc. γῆ) the coast, Luc. Am. 7.

Δῖον

Δῖον (αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον). A town of Euboea Il. 2.538.

Κήρινθος

Κήρινθος (ἔφαλος). A town of Euboea Il. 2.538.

αἰπύς

αἰπύς -εῖα, -ύ. 1 Steep, sheer: ὄρος Il. 2.603. Cf. Il. 2.811, 829, Il. 5.367, 868, Il. 11.711, Il. 15.84: αἰπεῖα εἰς ἅλα πέτρη (running sheer down into the sea) Od. 3.293. Cf. Od. 3.287, Od. 4.514, Od. 19.431. Applied to walls Il. 6.327, Il. 11.181: Od. 14.472. Of a noose, hung from on high Od. 11.278. 2 Of cities, set on a steep Il. 2.538, Il. 9.668, Il. 15.71: Od. 3.485, Od. 10.81, Od. 15.193. 3 Fig., difficult, hard. In impers. construction : αἰπύ οἱ ἐσσεῖται Il. 13.317. Of ὄλεθρος (thought of as a precipice or gulf), sheer, utter Il. 6.57, Il. 10.371, Il. 11.174, 441, Il. 12.345, 358, Il. 13.773, Il. 14.99, 507=Il. 16.283, Il. 16.859, Il. 17.155, 244, Il. 18.129: Od. 1.11, 37, Od. 5.305, Od. 9.286, 303, Od. 12.287, 446, Od. 17.47, Od. 22.28, 43, 67. Sim. of φόνος Il. 17.365: Od. 4.843, Od. 16.379. Of the toil and moil of war, hard, daunting Il. 11.601, Il. 16.651. Of wrath, towering Il. 15.223.

ἔφαλος

ἔφαλος -ον [ἐφ-, ἐπι- 2 + ἅλς1.] On the sea-shore. Epithet of cities Il. 2.538, 584.

πτολίεθρον

πτολίεθρον τό. = πτόλις 1, Il. 1.164, Il. 2.228, 501, Il. 9.149, etc. : Od. 3.4, Od. 8.283, Od. 9.165, Od. 10.81, Od. 24.377. With the name of a particular town in genit. : Ἰλίου εὖ ναιόμενον π. Il. 2.133. Cf. Il. 2.538, Il. 4.33=Il. 8.288, Il. 13.380, Il. 21.433 : Od. 1.2, Od. 3.485, Od. 15.193.