ἔγχελυς
Matro Conv. 39 , acc. -ῠν
Archestr. Fr. 8 (the accentἐγχέλυς, etc., is sts. found as v.l.),ἡ(ὁ, isf.l. in
Luc. Anach. 1 ), Att. gen.εως, nom. pl.εις, cf. Ael.Dion. Fr. 145 ; gen. pl.ἐγγέλεωνacc. to Choerob. in Theod. 1.331 ; but the Ion. forms -υος , -υεςor -υς , -ύων, -υσιare freq. found asv.l. in
Arist. HA ; dat. sg. -υϊ
Hp. Mul. 2.115 ; acc. pl.
A.
ἐγχέλυας
Archil. 101
:—eel, ἐγχέλυές τε καὶ ἰχθύες
Il. 21.203
, cf. Epich. 73 , Arist. HA 538a3 , al., etc.; ἐ. Κωπαί̈δας
Ar. Ach. 880
; ἐ. Βοιώτιαι
Antiph. 236
: prov.,ἐγχέλεις θηρᾶσθαι, i.e. to 'fish in troubled waters', Ar. Eq. 864 , cf. Nu. 559 , Arist. HA 592a6 .