eel
Ancient Greek word, found 29 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 21.203: τὸν μὲν ἄρʼ ἐγχέλυές τε καὶ ἰχθύες ἀμφεπένοντο
Herodotus, Histories 2.72.1: γίνονται δὲ καὶ ἐνύδριες ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ, τὰς ἱρὰς ἥγηνται εἶναι. νομίζουσι δὲ καὶ τῶν ἰχθύων τὸν καλεύμενον λεπιδωτὸν ἱρὸν εἶναι καὶ τὴν ἔγχελυν, ἱροὺς δὲ τούτους τοῦ Νείλου φασὶ εἶναι, καὶ τῶν ὀρνίθων τοὺς χηναλώπεκας.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.518: ἀνδράσιν Ἐγχελέεσσιν ἐφέστιοι· οἱ δʼ ἐν ὄρεσσιν
All forms of ἔγχελυς