παρά θίν' αλός

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρά θῖν' ἁλὸς (pará thîn' halòs), from Homer's Iliad.[1]

Prepositional phrase

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παρά θίν' αλός (pará thín' alós)

  1. (archaistic) by the sea, by the seaside

References

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  1. ^ Homer (800 BCE - 600 BCE) Iliad (in Ancient Greek), Book I, lines 316, 327