ἕλος, εος, τό,
marsh-meadow, ἵπποι ἕλος κάτα βουκολέοντο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.221, compare 4.483 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, marshy ground, ἂν δόνακας καὶ ἕλος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.474, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.191, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.110, “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.9 H. (from Idalium), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.7, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 backwater, δάσκιον ἕ. [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1283. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]