ἀχλύς, ύος, ἡ, (
accusative ἀχλύα[
Refs 5th c.AD+]
mist, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] of
a mist over the eyes, as of one dying, κατὰ δ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτ᾽ ἀ.[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; as result of ulceration, ἀχλύες[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; or in emotion, Ἔρως πολλὴν κατ᾽ ἀχλὺν ὀμμάτων ἔχευεν[
Refs 7th c.BC+]; of drunkenness, πρὸς ὄμμ᾽ ἀ. ἀμβλωπὸς ἐφίζει[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of one whom a god deprives of the power of seeing and knowing others, κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν χέεν ἀχλύν[
Refs 8th c.BC+]:— personified as
Sorrow, πὰρ δ᾽ Ἀχλὺς εἱστήκει ἐπισμυγερή τε καὶ αἰνή, χλωρή, ἀϋσταλέη[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2)
metaphorically, δνοφεράν τιν᾽ ἀχλὺν. αὐδᾶται[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3) ἀ. ὑγρή liquid emitted by cuttlefish, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]—Mostly
poetry, but used by [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in later Prose, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]. [ῡ in
nominative and
accusative singular, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]