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Ἀλήιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἀλήιος Ἀλήιη Ἀλήιον

Structure: Ἀληι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. poor in lands

Examples

  • οὔ κεν ἀλήϊοσ εἰή ἀνὴρ ᾧ τόσσα γένοιτο, οὐδέ κεν ἀκτήμων ἐριτίμοιο χρυσοῖο, ὅσσά μοι ἠνείκαντο ἀέθλια μώνυχεσ ἵπποι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 11:7)
  • οὔ κεν ἀλήϊοσ εἰή ἀνὴρ ᾧ τόσσα γένοιτο οὐδέ κεν ἀκτήμων ἐριτίμοιο χρυσοῖο, ὅσσ’ Ἀγαμέμνονοσ ἵπποι ἀέθλια ποσσὶν ἄροντο. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 19:14)

Synonyms

  1. poor in lands

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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