The corpus record

ἀλεείνω

aleeino

avoid, shun

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Where it lives

Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Iliad 18 · 1.61/10k
Odyssey 8 · 0.92/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

ἀλεείνω · aleeinō — LSJ

avoid, shun, evaded

avoid, shun, mostly c. acc. rei, θυμὸν ὀπίζομαι ἠδʼ ἀλεείνω Od. 13.148, al.; κῆρʼ ἀλεείνοντες Hes. Fr. 96.83 : abs., ὁ δὲ κερδοσύνῃ ἀλέεινε evaded [my question], Od. 4.251 : less freq. c. acc. pers., ἀλέεινε δʼ ὑφορβόν 16.477, cf. h.Merc. 239 codd.: c. inf., κτεῖναι μέν ῥʼ ἀλέεινε Il. 6.167; ἀλεξέμεναι ἀλέεινε 13.356, cf. Antim. 53:—also in Luc. Dem.Enc. 23.

II shrink

intr., shrink, ἄψ τʼ ἀλέεινεν A.R. 3.650.

In the wild

ἀλέεινε · aleeine Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
ἀλεείνων · aleeinōn Works and Days 826
ἀλέεινε · aleeine Iliad 11.542
ἀλεείνων · aleeinōn Iliad 11.585
ἀλεείνει · aleeinei Iliad 11.794
ἀλέεινε · aleeine Iliad 13.356

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Where it came from

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