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ale · ἡ
wandering, roaming, wandering of mind, distraction
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1. ἄλη · alē — LSJ
wandering or roaming without home or hope of rest, Od. 10.464, E. Or. 56 (pl.); θεία ἄ., as etym. of ἀλήθεια, Pl. Cra. 421b; in later Prose, Plu. Mar. 45, Hld. 7.6 (pl.), etc.; in pl., of the blood in fever, Hp. Flat. 8.
wandering of mind, distraction, E. Med. 1285.
Act., πνοαὶ βροτῶν ἄλαι winds that keep men wandering, A. Ag. 194.
2. ἁλή · halē — LSJ
salt-works, ἁλαὶ τῶν ὀρυκτῶν ἁλῶν Str. 12.3.39; Ἅλυς . . ὠνόμασται ἀπὸ τῶν ἁλῶν ἃς παραρρεῖ Id. 12.3.12; ἁλάς, ἁλαῖς shd. be read for ἄλλας, ἄλλαις D.H. 3.41, cf. 2.55, PRyl. 92.22 (iii A. D.).
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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