1. ἀλέγω · alegō — Beekes
The corpus record
ἀλέγω
alego
to care for, mind, heed
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Where it lives
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
- Odyssey 7 · 0.81/10k
- Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
- Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
- Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k
What it meant
2. ἀλέγω · alegō — Chantraine
3. ἀλέγω · alegō — Frisk
4. ἀλέγω · alegō — Frisk
5. ἀλέγω · alegō — Frisk
6. ἀλέγω · alegō — LSJ
have a care, mind, heed, usu. neg.:
abs., οὐκ ἀ. have no care, Il. 11.389, Od. 17.390; κύνες οὐκ ἀλέγουσαι Od. 19.154: without neg., Λιταὶ ἀλέγουσι κιοῦσαι walk with good heed, Il. 9.504.
with a case,
c. gen., heed, care for, οὐδʼ ἀλλήλων ἀλέγουσιν Od. 9.115; οὐ γὰρ Κύκλωπες Διὸς . . ἀλέγουσιν ib. 275, cf. Simon. 37.10; βωμῶν ἀλέγοντες οὐδέν A. Supp. 752; μακάρων οὐκ ἀλέγοντα θεῶν Call. Aet. 3.1.65 [Fr. 75.65 Pf.] : without neg., ψυχῆς ἀ. ὕπερ A.R. 2.634.
less freq. c. acc., regard, respect, θεῶν ὄπιν οὐκ ἀλέγοντες Il. 16.388, Hes. Op. 251; οἰωνούς A.R. 1.145: without neg., νηῶν ὅπλα . . ἀλέγουσιν take care of, Od. 6.268, cf. Pi. O. 11(10).15, I. 8(7).51.
count among, Λύκαισον ἐν καμοῦσιν Alcm. 32, cf. Pi. O. 2.78 (Pass.); ἐν ἀθανάτοις ἀ. IG 14.1389 ii6. (Commonly deriv. from ἀ- copul., λέγω, count with, cf. III.)
In the wild
- ἀλέγειν · alegein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1551
- ἀλέγοντες · alegontes Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 750–752
- ἀλέγοντες · alegontes Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 758)
- ἀλέγοντες · alegontes Works and Days 249–251
- ἀλέγω · alegō Iliad 11.389
- ἀλέγοντες · alegontes Iliad 16.388
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀλέγω (scan p. 110; entry #344).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀλέγω (scan p. 70; entry #353).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀλέγω (scan pp. 96-97; entry #332).
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