- ἀλύω
- ἀλύω, [dialect] Att. [full] ἁλύω acc. to Suid., cf. Eust.1636.28, [dialect] Aeol. [full] ἀλυίω EM 254.16; only [tense] pres. and [tense] impf.; Poet. (rare in Com.) and late Prose:—A to be deeply stirred, excited:1 from grief, to be distraught, beside oneself,
ἡ δ' ἀλύουσ' ἀπεβήσετο Il.5.352
;δινεύεσκ' ἀλύων παρὰ θῖνα 24.12
;ἀλύων
in mad passion,Od.
9.398;ἐᾶτέ μ' ὧδ' ἀλύειν S.El.135
;τί χρῆμ' ἀλύω; E.Or.277
, etc.2 from perplexity or despair, to be at a loss, perplexed,ἀλύει δ' ἐπὶ παντί S.Ph.174
; ἀλύοντα χειμερίῳ λύπᾳ ib.1194;ἐν πόνοις ἀλύουσαν Id.OT695
;οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δ' ἀλύομεν
are at our wit's end,Alex.
116.13;ἄλλως ἀλύει
is wasting her pains,Men.
Epit.342;ψυχὴ ἀ. διὰ τὴν ἀπορίαν Plu.Brut.15
.3 to be weary, ennuyé,ἐπὶ τῶν συμποσίων Metrod.Herc.831.13
, cf. Plu.2.965a, Ael.VH14.12.4 to be fretful, restless, Hp.Epid.1.26.ά, Men.Epit.Fr.4, Gal.18(1).167.5 struggle, kick,τῶν σκελῶν ἀλυόντων Hld.10.30
.6 from joy or exultation (rarely), to be beside oneself, Od.18.333, A.Th.391, cf. Jac.APp.760.II later, wander, roam about, Plb.26,1.1, Luc.DMar.13.1, Plu.TG21; lounge idly, Babr.9.[11].III trans.,μετὰ φρεσὶν ἄχθος ἀλύει Opp.H. 4.195
. [[pron. full] ῠHom., except at the end of the verse, Od.9.398, as A.R. 3.866; ἀλῡοντες in 4th foot, Emp.145, Opp.H.4.195; [pron. full] ῡ always in Trag.]
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