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ἀλωή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλωή

Structure: ἀλω (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)le/w: epic for a(/lws.

Sense

a threshing-floor
a garden, orchard, vineyard

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀλωή	ἀλωᾱ́	ἀλωαί
Genitive	ἀλωῆς	ἀλωαῖν	ἀλωῶν
Dative	ἀλωῇ	ἀλωαῖν	ἀλωαῖς
Accusative	ἀλωήν	ἀλωᾱ́	ἀλωᾱ́ς
Vocative	ἀλωή	ἀλωᾱ́	ἀλωαί

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

εὖτ’ ἂν δὲ τὴν σειρὴν τοῦ Διὸσ ἀπηγέηται καὶ τοῦ Ηἐλίου τὰσ βόασ τὰ δὴ ἐγὼ ἤματα εἶναι συμβάλλομαι, καὶ τὰσ πόλιασ τὰσ ἐν τῇ ἀσπίδι Ἥφαιστοσ ἐποιήσατο καὶ τὸν χορὸν καὶ τὴν ἀλωὴν . (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 22:2)
οἳ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐν ἐλλεδανοῖσι δέον καὶ ἔπιτνον ἀλωήν, οἳ δ’ ἐτρύγων οἴνασ δρεπάνασ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντεσ, οἳ δ’ αὖτ’ ἐσ ταλάρουσ ἐφόρευν ὑπὸ τρυγητήρων λευκοὺσ καὶ μέλανασ βότρυασ μεγάλων ἀπὸ ὄρχων, βριθομένων φύλλοισι καὶ ἀργυρέῃσ ἑλίκεσσιν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 26:8)
τὸν δὲ γέρων ἐνόησε δέμων ἀνθοῦσαν ἀλωὴν ἱέμενον πεδίονδε δι’ Ὀγχηστὸν λεχεποίην τὸν πρότεροσ προσέφη Μαίησ ἐρικυδέοσ υἱόσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 9:1)
βῆ δὲ διὲκ μεγάροιο Διὸσ πάγκαρπον ἀλωήν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 3:41)
εἰσ τὸν αὐτόν οὔτι μὲν ἐσ πολύκαρπον ἀλωὴν ὄρθριοσ ἦλθον, ἔμπα δὲ τῶν προτέρων πλείονα μισθὸν ἔχω Γρηγόριοσ, ποιμήν τε καλὸσ καὶ πλείονα ποίμνην Χριστῷ ἀναθρέψασ ἤθεσι μειλιχίοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 181)

Synonyms

a threshing-floor
- ἅλως (a threshing-floor)
- Ἁλωάς (goddess of the threshing-floor)
- δῖνος (a round area, a threshing-floor)
- πάτος (floor)
- ἀλοητός (a threshing)
a garden
- φυταλία (a planted place, an orchard or vineyard)
- κῆπος (a garden, orchard, plantation)

Similar forms

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

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ἀλωή

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a garden

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ἀλωή

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

a threshing-floor

a garden

Similar forms

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