ἀλύω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀλύω
Structure:
ἀλύ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: akin to a)la/omai
Sense
- to wander in mind
- to be ill at ease, be distraught, to be beside oneself
- to be at a loss, not know what to do
- to be beside oneself
- to wander or roam about
Conjugation
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.
- τοῖσ μὲν οὖν πολλοῖσ ἐκ τούτων ἀπηχθάνετο, τοῖσ δὲ χρηστοῖσ καὶ σώφροσι διὰ τὸν ἄλλον βίον οὐκ ἦν ἀρεστόσ, ὡσ Κικέρων φησίν, ἀλλ’ ἐμισεῖτο, βδελυττομένων αὐτοῦ μέθασ ἀώρουσ καὶ δαπάνασ ἐπαχθεῖσ καὶ κυλινδήσεισ ἐν γυναίοισ, καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέραν μὲν ὕπνουσ καὶ περιπάτουσ ἀλύοντοσ καὶ κραιπαλῶντοσ, νύκτωρ δὲ κώμουσ καὶ θέατρα καὶ διατριβὰσ ἐν γάμοισ μίμων καὶ γελωτοποιῶν. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 9 3:1)
Synonyms
-
to wander in mind
-
to be beside oneself
-
to wander or roam about
- ἀλάλημαι (to wander, roam about)
- ἀλητεύω (to wander, roam about)
- ἠλάσκω (to wander, stray, roam about)
- ἐγκυκλόω (to roam about)
- δινεύω (to roam about)
- πλανύττω (to wander about)
- συμπλανάομαι (to wander about with)
- συναλύω (to wander about with)
- ἀλαίνω (to wander about, to wander)
- διοιχνέω (to wander about)
- πλάζω (to make to wander or roam)
- ὁδοιπλανέω (to stray from the road, wander or roam about)
- πλάζω (to wander, rove, roam about)
- ἐπαλάομαι (to wander about or over)
- ἐπιπλάζομαι (to wander about over)
- περιπολέω (to go round or about, wander about)
- κυλίνδω (to roll or wallow, to roam to and fro, wander about)
- στρωφάω (to turn constantly, to keep turning, to keep turning)
- φοιτάω (to roam wildly about)
- ῥέμβω ( I roam, rove about)
- ἀλάομαι (to wander, stray or roam about, to wander from home)
- περιπλανάομαι (to wander about, to be in, uncertainty)
- πλανάω (to make to wander, lead wandering about)
Derived
- ἀναλύω (to unloose, undo, to unloose)
- διαλύω (to loose one from another, to part asunder, undo)
- συναλύω (to wander about with)
