παρά θίν' αλός

Greek

Etymology

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

Prepositional phrase

παρά θίν’ αλός • (pará thín’ alós)

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

References

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