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ἁλία

ἁλία, an assembly of the people

ἁλία2, salt-cellar

ἁλία (A), Ion. -ίη [ᾱλ], ἡ,
  • assembly of people, in Dor. states, answering to Att. ἐκκλησία, at Sparta, ἁ. συλλέγειν Hdt. 7.134; at Byz., Decr. ap. D. 18.90; at Corcyra, IG 9(1).682; in Sicily and Magna Graecia, IG 14.952 (Agrigentum), 612 (Rhegium), Tab.Heracl. 1.118, 2.10; at Epidamnus and Tarentum, Arist. Pol. 1301b23 (prob. cj. for ἡλιαία).
    • II generally, meeting, assembly, ἁλίην ποιεῖσθαι Hdt. 5.29, 79; of the Persians, 1.125.
ἁλία (B), [ᾰλ], ἡ, (ἅλς)
  • salt-cellar, Archipp. 13, Stratt. 14; ἁλίην τρυπᾶν clear out the salt-cellar, mark of extreme poverty, Ap.Ty. Ep. 7, cf. Call. Epigr. 47.1 Pf.

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