eJllav", JELLA vS, JEllav"
JELLA vS , avdo", hJ , Hellas, a city of Thessaly, founded by Hellen, Il.
2.
that part of Thessaly in which the Myrmidons dwelt,
also called Phthiotis,
Hom.
3.
Northern Greece,
as
opp. to
Peloponnesus, Od.
4.
later, the name for
Greece,
from the South to Epirus and Thessaly inclusively,
Hes.
,
Hdt.
,
etc.
II.
as
Adj.
with a
fem. Subst.
Hellenic, Greek,
Id.,
etc.
e[llacon
e[lla±con , Ep. for e[lacon , aor. 2 of lagcavnw .
eJllevboro"
eJllevboro" , oJ , hellebore, Lat. veratrum , a plant used as a specific for madness, pi`qÆ eJllevboron drink hellebore, i.e. you are mad, Ar. (Deriv. unknown.)
eJlledanov"
eJlleda±nov" , oJ , ( ei[lw ) the band for binding corn-sheaves, Il.
ejlleivpw
ejl-leivpw , f. yw , ( ejn ) to leave in, leave behind, Eur.
2.
to leave out, leave undone,
Lat.
omitto
,
Soph
.,
etc.
II.
intr.
to fall short, fail,
h.
Hom.
,
Soph.
;
to; ejllei`pon th`" ejpisthvmh"
deficiency
of knowledge,
Thuc.
2. c. gen. rei, like devw , to be in want of, fall short of, lack, Aesch ., Thuc. ; pollou` ejlleivpw I am far from it, Aesch.
3.
c. gen. pers.
to be inferior to,
Plat.
4.
foll. by
mhv
c. inf
.,
tiv ga;r ejll. mh; parapaivein
; in what
does he fall short
of madness?
Aesch.
5.
with a
part.
,
oujk ejlleivpei eujcaristw`n
he fails
not to give thanks, ap.
Dem.
6.
of things,
to be wanting
or
lacking to. . ,
c. dat
.,
Xen.
III.
Pass.
to be left behind
in a race,
Soph.
:
to be surpassed,
Xen.
2.
to be left wanting, to fail,
Id.
e[llesco"
e[l-lesco" , on , ( ejn, levsch ) commonly talked of, Hdt.
{Ellhn
{Ellhn , hno", oJ , Hellen, son of Deucalion, Hes.
2.
the
{Ellhne"
of
Hom.
are
the Thessalian tribe of which Hellen was the reputed chief
(
cf.
\Ellav"
1), Il.
3.
later,
{Ellhne"
was the
regul.
name for
Greeks,
opp. to
bavrbaroi
,
Hdt.
,
etc.
4.
later still, of
Gentiles,
Opp. to Jews,
N.T.
II.
as
Adj.
=
\Ellhnikov"
,
Thuc.
,
etc.
:—even with a
fem. Subst
.,
Aesch.
,
Eur.
Hence
JEllhnivzw
JEllhnivzw
JEllhnivzw , f. sw : Pass. aor. I without augm.:— to speak Greek, Plat .: —Pass ., \Ellhnisqh`nai th;n