ἀλύω
ἀλύω, Att.
ἁλύω acc. to
Suid., cf.
Eust. 1636.28 , Aeol.
ἀλυίω EM 254.16 ; only pres. and impf.; Poet. (rare in Com.) and late Prose:—
A). to be deeply stirred, excited:
1). from grief,
to be distraught, beside oneself, ἡ δ’ ἀλύουσ’ ἀπεβήσετο Il. 5.352 ;
δινεύεσκ’ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖνα 24.12 ;
ἀλύων in mad passion, Od. 9.398 ;
ἐᾶτέ μ’ ὧδ’ ἀλύειν S. El. 135 ;
τί χρῆμ’ ἀλύω; E. Or. 277 , etc.
2). from perplexity or despair,
to be at a loss, perplexed, ἀλύει δ’ ἐπὶ παντί S. Ph. 174 ;
ἀλύοντα χειμερίῳ λύπᾳ ib.
1194 ;
ἐν πόνοις ἀλύουσαν Id. OT 695 ;
οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δ’ ἀλύομεν are at our wit's end, Alex. 116.13 ;
ἄλλως ἀλύει is wasting her pains, Men. Epit. 342 ;
ψυχὴ ἀ. διὰ τὴν ἀπορίαν Plu. Brut. 15 .
3). to be weary, ennuyé, ἐπὶ τῶν συμποσίων Metrod. Herc. 831.13 , cf.
Plu. 2.965a ,
Ael. VH 14.12 .
5). struggle, kick, τῶν σκελῶν ἀλυόντων Hld. 10.30 .
6). from joy or exultation (rarely),
to be beside oneself, Od. 18.333 ,
A. Th. 391 , cf. Jac.
AP p.760 .
ShortDef
to wander in mind
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Headword (normalized):
ἀλύω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αλυω
URN:
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀλύω</span>, Att. <span class="orth greek">ἁλύω</span> acc. to <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span></span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1636:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1636.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 1636.28 </a>, Aeol. <span class="orth greek">ἀλυίω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:254:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:254.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 254.16 </a>; only pres. and impf.; Poet. (rare in Com.) and late Prose:— <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be deeply stirred, excited:</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> from grief, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be distraught, beside oneself,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἡ δ’ ἀλύουσ’ ἀπεβήσετο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:352" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.352/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.352 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δινεύεσκ’ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.12/canonical-url/"> 24.12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀλύων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in mad passion,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:398" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.398/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.398 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐᾶτέ μ’ ὧδ’ ἀλύειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 135 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τί χρῆμ’ ἀλύω;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:277" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:277/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 277 </a> , etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> from perplexity or despair, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be at a loss, perplexed,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀλύει δ’ ἐπὶ παντί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:174" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:174/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 174 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀλύοντα χειμερίῳ λύπᾳ</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1194/canonical-url/"> 1194 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν πόνοις ἀλύουσαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:695" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:695/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 695 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δ’ ἀλύομεν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">are at our wit\'s end,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:116:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:116.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 116.13 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄλλως ἀλύει</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is wasting her pains,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:342" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:342/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epit.</span> 342 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψυχὴ ἀ. διὰ τὴν ἀπορίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg061:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg061:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Brut.</span> 15 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be weary, ennuyé,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ τῶν συμποσίων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Metrod.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Herc.</span> 831.13 </span> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.965a </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002:14:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002:14.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VH</span> 14.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be fretful, restless,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 1.26 </a>.<span class="itype greek">ά</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg008:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg008:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epit.Fr.</span> 4 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(1).167 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">struggle, kick,</span> <span class="quote greek">τῶν σκελῶν ἀλυόντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:10:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:10.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hld.</span> 10.30 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> from joy or exultation (rarely), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be beside oneself,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:333" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.333/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.333 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:391" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:391/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 391 </a>, cf. Jac.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> p.760 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wander, roam about,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 26 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.1/canonical-url/"> 1.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg067:13:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg067:13.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMar.</span> 13.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg052:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg052:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">TG</span> 21 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lounge idly,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0614.tlg001:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0614.tlg001:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Babr.</span> 9 </a>.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0614.tlg001:[11]" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0614.tlg001:%5B11%5D/canonical-url/"> [11] </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> trans., <span class="quote greek">μετὰ φρεσὶν ἄχθος ἀλύει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 4.195 </a> .[<span class="pron greek">ῠ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, except at the end of the verse, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:398" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.398/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.398 </a>, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:866" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.866/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 3.866 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀλῡ/οντες</span> in 4th foot, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:145/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 145 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 4.195 </a>; <span class="pron greek">ῡ</span> always in Trag.]</div> </div><br><br>'}