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.
- τοιαῦτ’ ἀλύει· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 3:14)
- Ἀντώνιον δέ, ὥσπερ ἐν ταῖσ γραφαῖσ ὁρῶμεν τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ τὴν Ὀμφάλην ὑφαιροῦσαν τὸ ῥόπαλον καὶ τὴν λεοντῆν ἀποδύουσαν, οὕτω πολλάκισ Κλεοπάτρα παροπλίσασα καὶ καταθέλξασα συνέπεισεν ἀφέντα μεγάλασ πράξεισ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν καὶ στρατείασ ἀναγκαίασ ἐν ταῖσ περὶ Κάνωβον καὶ Ταφόσιριν ἀκταῖσ ἀλύειν καὶ παίζειν μετ’ αὐτῆσ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demetrius and Antony, chapter 3 3:1)
- τί χρῆμ’ ἀλύω, πνεῦμ’ ἀνεὶσ ἐκ πλευμόνων; (Euripides, episode 2:21)
- λαβοῦσα δή ποτε τὸν Ἀρτοξέρξην ὡρμημένον ἀλύειν σχολῆσ οὔσησ προὐκαλεῖτο περὶ χιλίων δαρεικῶν κυβεῦσαι· (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 17 3:1)
- τούτων δ’ ἑκατέρου τῶν γενῶν ὁ μὲν τύποσ τῆσ ἐργασίασ εἷσ ἐστι, κολακείασ ἀγών ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν βίων δὲ τοὺσ μὲν ἡ τύχη ἡμῶν μεγάλοισ προσένειμε, τοὺσ δ’ ἐλάττοσι εἶθ’ οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν, οἱ δ’ ἀλύομεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 31 2:4)
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)
