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Ἴλας · troops (ι 297) · Suda

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ι293Hilarion
ι294joyous
ι295cheerful
ι296more joyous, rather joyous
ι297troops
ι298fetter
ι299be gracious!
ι300to appease
ι301ilaskontai

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Ἴλας

troops

Translated by Catharine Roth10 Apr 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 25 words

Translation

[Meaning] herds, or ranks.¹ Also [sc. attested is] i)la/rxas ["troop-leaders"], [meaning] taxiarchs.²
For i)/lh [means] a dense mass, a formation of a mass of cavalry.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἴλας· ἀγέλας, ἢ τάξεις. καὶ ἰλάρχας, ταξιάρχας. Ἴλη γὰρ συστροφή, τάξις ὄχλου ἱππικοῦ.

Betacode

*)/ilas: a)ge/las, h)\ ta/ceis. kai\ i)la/rxas, tacia/rxas. *)/ilh ga\r sustrofh/, ta/cis o)/xlou i(ppikou=.

Notes (2)

[1] The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere -- there are numerous possibilities) is acccusative plural of i)/lh; cf. epsiloniota 99, iota 286, iota 311.
2Another accusative plural, probably quoted from Arrian or Polybius. (Thus far the entry is also in other lexica; see the references at Photius iota101 Theodoridis.) ↩
3From a gloss on Herodotus 1.73.3, where this nominative occurs.

Linked from5 entries

ε3931Ἐφίππων ὀνόματαnames of mounted [units]An ile of cavalry, 64 men. An epilarchia, 2 ilai of cavalry, 128 men. A tarantinarchia, 2 ilai of cavalry, 256 men. A hipparchia, 2 tarantinoi of cavalry, 12 men. An ephipparchia, 2 hipparchiai of cavalry, 124 men. A…
ει99Εἰλάρχαςeilarchs, ilarchs, decurions, leaders of cavalary squadrons[Meaning] taxiarchs.
ει100Εἴλαςtroops[Meaning] bands/herds.
ι286Ἰλαδόνin troops, troop-fashion[Meaning] in a group, by troops. The aspirated [form] also means [the same].
ι311Ἴληtroop[Meaning] corps. [Meaning] concentration, formation of massed cavalry. But properly [it means] a company: "[let] one troop of men [bring] from the tent [...]." Eunapius [writes]: "then a troop of armored cavalry, more…

Neighbouring entries

ι295Ἱλαροῖςcheerful ι296Ἱλαρώτεροςmore joyous, rather joyous ι297Ἴλαςtroops ι298Ἰλλάςfetter ι299Ἱλάσθητιbe gracious!

Revision history5 revisions · last 14 Jan 2019

14 Jan 2019cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
30 Jun 2016cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
26 Apr 2016Revised — David Whitehead
10 Jan 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
10 Apr 2006augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Apr 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἴλας (Adler number iota 297), trans. Catharine Roth, 10 Apr 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/297

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗