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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

αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐσ ἠέλιον καταδύντα ἔσκαπτον περὶ γουνὸν ἀλωῆσ οἰνοπέδοιο· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 21:5)
αὐτὰρ ἐπειδὴ παντὸσ ἀφίκετο πρὸσ τέλοσ ἔργου καρτερὸν οἰνοφόροιο πονεύμενοσ ἑρ́κοσ ἀλωῆσ, ἤτοι ὁ λίστρον ἔμελλεν ἐπὶ προύχοντοσ ἐρείσασ ἀνδήρου καταδῦναι ἃ καὶ πάροσ εἵματα ἕστο· (Theocritus, Idylls, 56)
ἔνθεν ἀπ’ εὐκάρπου με φίλησ ἔστεψαν ἀλωῆσ τέσσαρεσ Ὡράων ἐκ πισύρων στέφανοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 202 1:1)
ξεῖνοι δ’ ἀλλήλων πατρώιοι εὐχόμεθ’ εἶναι ἐξ ἀρχῆσ, εἴ πέρ τε γέροντ’ εἴρηαι ἐπελθὼν Λαέρτην ἡρ́ωα, τὸν οὐκέτι φασὶ πόλινδε ἔρχεσθ’, ἀλλ’ ἀπάνευθεν ἐπ’ ἀγροῦ πήματα πάσχειν γρηὶ σὺν ἀμφιπόλῳ, ἥ οἱ βρῶσίν τε πόσιν τε παρτιθεῖ, εὖτ’ ἄν μιν κάματοσ κατὰ γυῖα λάβῃσιν ἑρπύζοντ’ ἀνὰ γουνὸν ἀλωῆσ οἰνοπέδοιο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 1 18:6)
αὐτὰρ ἐπὴν ἔλθῃσι θέροσ τεθαλυῖά τ’ ὀπώρη, πάντῃ οἱ κατὰ γουνὸν ἀλωῆσ οἰνοπέδοιο φύλλων κεκλιμένων χθαμαλαὶ βεβλήαται εὐναί. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 22:8)
Ἀλωήσ, Φαλαί̈, Σωβήκ, (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 10:24)
φράζεο δ’ ὅππωσ χεῖρασ ἐμὰσ σόοσ ἐξαλέοιο, χρειὼ θεσπίζων μεταμώνιον εἴ κεν ἁλῴησ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 9:24)

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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a garden

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ἀλωή

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Declension

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Synonyms

a threshing-floor

a garden

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