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ἀλέομαι

aleomai

to avoid, shun, flee

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Where it lives

Works and Days 3 · 5.2/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Iliad 17 · 1.52/10k
Odyssey 12 · 1.38/10k

What it meant

1. ἀλέομαι · aleomai — Beekes

ἀλέομαι [v.] ‘to avoid, shun, flee’ (Il.). «Ἰεῦ *h.leu- ‘escape, ward off (?)> VAR Also ἀλεύεται (Hom. aor. ἠλεύατο (Hom.}; act. ἀλεύω (trag. [lyr.]). *COMP νηλεής (Hom.) ‘inescapable’ < *#-h,leu-. *DER Verba] noun ἀλέα ‘avoiding, escape, shelter’; - ἀλεωρή ‘escape, shelter’ (I].), dissimilated from ᾿ἀλεξ-ωλη (Chantraine 1933: 243). Denominative verb ἀλεείνω = ἀλέομαι, from a noun *dAef-ev-, perhaps an r/n-stem (cf. … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀλέομαι, p. 112]

2. ἀλέομαι · aleomai — Chantraine

ἀλέομαι, ἀλέα, etc. : présent rare ἀλέομαι de *&héἔομαι «fuir, éviter» : 11. 18,586, Hés. Tran. 535 (ἀλευόμεvor) mais aor. bien attesté chez Hom. sous la double forme ἀλεύασθαι et ἀλέασθαι, etc. Æsch. et S. emploient dans de rares passages le factitif ἀλεύω (fut. ἀλεύσω aor. ἤλευσα) « repousser, chasser », évidemment une innovation. Composés : avec ἐξ-, ὑπεξ-. Substantif verbal ἀλέα, ion. ἀλέη «moyen d'échapper, … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀλέομαι, p. 72]

3. ἀλέομαι · aleomai — Frisk

ἀλέομαι und ἀλύσκω werden gewöhnlich zu ἀλύω und weiterhin zu ἀλάομαι (Erweiterung ev : v) gestellt, s. dd. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλέομαι, p. 96]

4. ἀλέομαι · aleomai — LSJ

avoid, shun, avoid

avoid, shun, c. acc. rei, ἔγχεα δʼ ἀλλήλων ἀλεώμεθα Il. 6.226, cf. 13.184; ἐμὸν ἔγχος ἄλευαι 22.285; ἀλεύατο κῆρα μέλαιναν 3.360; Διὸς δʼ ἀλεώμεθα μῆνιν 5.34; ὄφρα τὸ κῆτος . . ἀλέαιτο 20.147; κακὸν . . τό κεν οὔτις . . ἀλέαιτο Od. 20.368; μύθους μὲν ὑπερφιάλους ἀλέασθε 4.774: rarely c. acc. pers., θεοὺς ἢ δειδίμεν ἢ ἀλέασθαι 9.274: c. inf., avoid doing, λίθου δʼ ἀλέασθαι ἐπαυρεῖν Il. 23.340; ἀλεύεται (Ep. subj.) ἠπεροπεύειν Od. 14.400.

2 flee for oneʼs life

abs., flee for oneʼs life, τὸν μὲν ἀλευάμενον τὸν δὲ κτάμενον Il. 5.28; οὔτε . . φυγέειν δύνατʼ οὔτʼ ἀλέασθαι 13.436; μή πως ἀλέηται Od. 4.396.

In the wild

ἄλευʼ · aleuʼ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 566–567
ἀλεύασθαι · aleuasthai Works and Days 504–507
ἀλευόμενοι · aleuomenoi Works and Days 533–535
ἀλεύασθαι · aleuasthai Works and Days 797–799
ἀλεύατο · aleuato Iliad 11.360
ἠλεύατο · ēleuato Iliad 13.184

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀλέομαι (scan p. 112; entry #350).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀλέομαι (scan pp. 72-73; entry #364).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀλέομαι (scan p. 96; entry #331).

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