- ἀλέα
- ἀλέα (A), [pron. full] [ᾰλ], [dialect] Ion. [full] ἀλέη, ἡ, ([etym.] ἄλη, ἀλέομαι)A avoiding, escape,
ἐγγύθι μοι θάνατος . . οὐδ' ἀλέη Il.22.301
(not in Od.);οὐκ ἔστιν ἀ. οὐδὲ σκέπη Hp.
Aër.19: c.gen., shelter from athing,ὑετοῦ Hes. Op.545
.—[dialect] Ep.and [dialect] Ion. word. [full] ἀλέα (B), [pron. full] [ᾰλ], [dialect] Ion. [full] ἀλέη, ἡ, [var] contr.ἀλῆ Androm.
ap. Gal.14.33, cj. in Babr.18.11 :—warmth, heat, of fire, Od.17.23 (not in Il.), Jul.Mis.341c; generally, warmth, or warm spot,ἐν ἀλέῃ γενέσθαι Hp.VM16
, cf. Diocl.Fr.141;ἐσενεγκὼν ἐς ἀ. Hp.
Aër.8;χρέεσθαι περιπάτοις ἐν ἀ. Id.Vict.3.68
;ἐν ἀ. κατακείμενος Ar.Ec.541
; ἀλέας καὶ ψύχους in heat and cold, Pl.Erx.401d, cf. Arist.EN1148a8; πνῖγος καὶ ἀ. Id.Metaph.1026b34; ἐν ταῖς ἀ. in the hot season, Id.Pr.939b9: later, animal, bodily heat, Plu.2.131d, Ael.NA3.20, Aristid.Or.48 (24).22; generally, source of warmth, τὸ ἔριον ἡμῖν κόσμος καὶ ἀ. Porph.Abst.1.21, etc.: in pl., fomentations, Alex. Trall.Febr.3.
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