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.
- καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοσ οὔπω συντεταραγμένων τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν, ἀλλ’ ἀκμὴν ἐχόντων ἐτελεύτησεν, ἐπὶ στρατοπέδου μέντοι καὶ στρατηγῶν, οὐκ ἀπειρηκὼσ οὐδ’ ἀλύων, οὐδέ τῶν ὅπλων καὶ τῶν στρατηγιῶν καὶ τῶν τροπαίων ἔπαθλον ποιούμενοσ εὐωχίασ καὶ πότουσ, ὥσπερ Πλάτων ἐπισκώπτει τοὺσ περὶ τὸν Ὀρφέα, τοῖσ εὖ βεβιωκόσι φάσκοντασ ἀποκεῖσθαι γέρασ ἐν ̣ (Plutarch, Comparison of Lucullus and Cimon, chapter 1 2:1)
- "περὶ οὗ φησι Πολύβιοσ τάδε, ὡσ ἀποδιδράσκων ἐκ τῆσ αὐλῆσ ἐνίοτε τοὺσ θεραπεύοντασ οὗ τύχοι τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀλύων ἐφαίνετο δεύτεροσ καὶ τρίτοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:25)
- αὖθισ δ’ ἀλύων καὶ μεταβαλλόμενοσ κατῄει πρὸσ θάλασσαν εἷσ Ἄστυρα. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 47 4:1)
- δέρμα κστ ον ὧδε κλαγγάνει όρωσ ἐρείδεται πλεκτα λάδοσ κ κόλλοπεσ δε αμματω ον καὶ τοῦτο λύπησ ἔστ’ ἄκεστρον καὶ παραψυκτήριον κείνῳ μόνον, χαίρει δ’ ἀλύων καί τι προσφωνῶν μέλοσ ξύμφωνον· (Sophocles, Ichneutae 25:23)
- ἦν γὰρ ὁ μέγιστοσ καὶ πρῶτοσ τῶν ἱερέων, ἔξω δὲ ἀλύων καὶ πλανώμενοσ ἀδόξωσ οὐ μετὰ πολὺν χρόνον κατέστρεψε περὶ Πέργαμον. (Plutarch, Tiberius Gracchus, chapter 21 3:3)
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)
