ἴλη [ῑ], Dor.
ἴλᾱ( Boeot.
ϝιλ-inϝιλαρχίω),ἡ,
A. band, troopof men, Hdt. 1.73 , 202 ;εὔφρονες ἶλαιmerrycompanies, Pi. N. 5.38 ; also ἴλα λεόντων
E. Alc. 581
(lyr.).
2. as a military term,troop of horse, prop. of sixty-four men, cf. Arr. Tact. 18.2 ; but varying in number, Ascl. Tact. 7.2 ;= Lat.turma, Plb. 6.25.1 , al., D.H. 6.12 , al., Plu. Caes. 45 ,al.; later,= Lat.ala,
IGRom. 3.272 (Galatia), BGU 69
(ii A.D.), J. AJ 17.10.9 , etc.;κατὰ ἴλας,=ἰλαδόν, opp.κατὰ τάξεις, X. An. 1.2.16 : generally,trooporcompany of soldiers, S. Aj. 1407 (anap.).
3. at Sparta, subdivision of theἀγέλα(q.v.), X. Lac. 2.11 ; κατ' ἴλην
Plu. Lyc. 16
.