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ἄλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλη ἄλης

Structure: ἀλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. ceaseless wandering
  2. wandering of mind, distraction
  3. such as keep men wandering

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἄλη ά̓λᾱ ά̓λαι
Genitive ά̓λης ά̓λαιν ἀλῶν
Dative ά̓λῃ ά̓λαιν ά̓λαις
Accusative ά̓λην ά̓λᾱ ά̓λᾱς
Vocative ά̓λη ά̓λᾱ ά̓λαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ παυθεὶσ τῆσ ἄλησ Ἀλαίου Ἀπόλλωνοσ ἱερὸν κτίζει, ᾧ καὶ τὸ τόξον αὑτοῦ ἀνέθηκεν, ὥσ φησιν Εὐφορίων. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 6 26:11)
  • καὶ πῖλον ἀμφίκρηνον ὑδασιστεγῆ, λίθον τε ναύταισ ἑσπέρησ πυρσητόκον, ἁλὸσ τύραννε, σοί, Πόσειδον, Ἀρχικλῆσ ἔθηκε, λήξασ τῆσ ἐπ’ ᾐόνων ἄλησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 90 1:1)
  • καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἤδη προέλεγεν ὅτι οὐ πολὺσ χρόνοσ ἔσοιτόμοι τῆσ ἄλησ καὶ τῆσ ταλαιπωρίασ, οὔτε σοί, εἶπεν, οὔτε τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἀνθρώποισ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 65:3)
  • νῦν δ’ ἀσκελέεσ καὶ ἄθυμοι, αἰὲν ἄλησ χαλεπῆσ μεμνημένοι, οὐδέ ποθ’ ὕμιν θυμὸσ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ, ἐπεὶ ἦ μάλα πολλὰ πέποσθε. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 56:4)
  • "αἴθ’ οὕτωσ, Εὔμαιε, φίλοσ Διὶ πατρὶ γένοιο ὡσ ἐμοί, ὅττι μ’ ἔπαυσασ ἄλησ καὶ ὀϊζύοσ αἰνῆσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 45:2)

Synonyms

  1. ceaseless wandering

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

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