ἅλιος(B),α,ον: (perh. cf.ἠλίθιος):—mostly of things,
A. fruitless, idle,ἔπος, μῦθος, Il. 18.324 , 5.715 ; πόνος
4.26
; βέλος
5.18
; ὅρκιον
4.158
; in Od. only with ὁδός
2.273
, 318 ; of a person, Il. 10.324 : neut. asAdv.,in vain, 13.505 , cf. 4.179 , S. OC 1469 : reg.Adv.
-ίως
Id. Ph. 840
.— Ep. word, used by S. in lyr.