ἧλος, Dor.
ἇλος, IG 4.1484.62 (Epid.), SIG 245i69 (Delph.,iv B.C.), Pi. (v. infr.), Aeol. (?)ϝάλλοι(pl.) writtenγάλλοι, Hsch. :ὁ:—
A. nail-head, stud, as an ornament, σκῆπτρον χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον
Il. 1.246
, cf. 11.633 ;ἐν δέ οἱ [τῷ ξίφει] ἧλοι χρύσειοι πάμφαινονib. 29 , cf. Ath. 11.488b , c: hence, of the stars, Placit. 2.14.3 .
2. after Hom. ,nail, Pi. P. 4.71 : ἧλοι σιδηροῖ καὶ ξύλινοι
X. Cyn. 9.12
, etc.; of shoenails, Thphr. Char. 4.13 : prov., ἥλῳ ἐκκρούειν τὸν ἧλον
Luc. Laps. 7
;ἥλῳ ὁ ἧλος(sc.ἐκκρούεται) Arist. Pol. 1314a5 , etc.
3. =Lat.acutus(=spur),Gloss.
II. wart, callus, Thphr. Ign. 37 , Nic. Th. 272 ; ἧλοι καὶ τύλοι
Dsc. 1.104
, cf. Asclep. ap. Gal. 13.647 ; also on plants, esp. the olive, Thphr. HP 4.14.3 .