ἄλημα · alēma — LSJ
fine meal, fine-witted, wily knave
fine meal: metaph., of a fine-witted, wily knave, as Ulysses, S. Aj. 381, 390 (lyr.), cf. Ant. 320 (v.l.).
II
(ἀλάομαι). = ὁδοιπορία, Hsch.
The corpus record
ἄλημα
alema
fine meal, fine-witted, wily knave
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Where it lives
- Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- ἄλημα · alēma Sophocles, Ajax 379–382
- ἄλημα · alēma Sophocles, Ajax 387–391
Where it came from
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