υος (ἡ) plur. att. ἐγχέλεις, εων, anguille, HOM. etc.

➳ ὁ ἔ., LUC. Anach. 1 dout. — Décl. sg. dat. ἐγχέλυϊ, HPC. 640, 48 ; acc. ἔγχελυν, AR. Ach. 889 ; plur. ἐγχέλυες, IL. 21, 203, 353, ARSTT. H.A. 8, 2 ; LUC. Anach. 1 ; p. contr. ἐγχέλυς, ARSTT. H.A. 6, 16 ; dat. ἐγχέλυσιν (var. ἐγχέλεσιν) LUC. Anach. 28.

Étym. cf. ἔχις.

Matro Conv. 39, acc. -υν Archestr. Fr. 8 (the accent ἐγχέλυς, etc., is sts. found as v.l.), ἡ (ὁ, is f.l. in Luc. Anach. 1), Att. gen. εως, nom. pl. εις, cf. Ael. Dion. Fr. 145; gen. pl. ἐγγέλεων acc. to Choerob. in Theod. 1.331; but the Ion. forms -υος, -υες or -υς, -ύων, -υσι are freq. found as v.l. in Arist. HA; dat. sg. -υϊ Hp. Mul. 2.115; acc. pl. ἐγχέλυας Archil. 101: — eel, ἐγχέλυές τε καὶ ἰχθύες Il. 21.203, cf. Epich. 73, Arist. HA 538a3, al., etc. ; ἐ. Κωπαΐδας Ar. Ach. 880; ἐ. Βοιώτιαι Antiph. 236; prov., ἐγχέλεις θηρᾶσθαι, i.e. to ΄fish in troubled waters΄, Ar. Eq. 864, cf. Nu. 559, Arist. HA 592a6.

υος, ἡ, selten ὁ, z.B. Luc. Anach. 1 ; plur. Hom. ἐγχέλυες, Il. 21.203, 353, wie Luc. Anach. 1 ; att. ἐγχέλεις, εων, doch auch ἐγχέλυς, Arist. H.A. 8.2.36 Bekker ; Aal, vgl. ἔχις, anguis, nach den Alten falsch von ἰλύς, Ath. VII.299d ; ἐν ἰλύϊ ἔχεσθαι EM. Nach Ath. a.a.O. auch ἔγχελις, was nach Schol. Ar. Ach. 889 böotisch war.