1. ἀλέξω · alexō — Beekes
The corpus record
ἀλέξω
alexo
to ward off, defend
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Where it lives
- Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Iliad 17 · 1.52/10k
- Anabasis 6 · 1.07/10k
- Histories 7 · 0.38/10k
- Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
- Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
- Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
- History 1 · 0.07/10k
What it meant
2. ἀλέξω · alexō — Chantraine
3. ἀλέξω · alexō — Chantraine
4. ἀλέξω · alexō — Frisk
5. ἀλέξω · alexō — Frisk
6. ἀλέξω · alexō — Frisk
7. ἀλέξω · alexō — LSJ
ward off, turn aside, constructed like ἀμύνω:—c. acc. rei, Ζεὺς τό γʼ ἀλεξήσειε Od. 3.346: c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Δαναοῖσιν ἀλεξήσειν κακὸν ἦμαρ will ward it off from them, Il. 9.251, cf. 20.315; ἀλλήλοις . . ἀλεξέμεναι φόνον αἰπύν 17.365, etc.: c. dat. pers. only, assist, defend, ἀλεξέμεν ἀλλήλοισιν Il. 3.9, cf. 5.779, al., X. Cyr. 4.3.2: abs., lend aid, Il. 1.590:—Med., ἀλέξασθαι keep off from oneself, κύνας ἠδὲ καὶ ἄνδρας Il. 13.475, cf. Hdt. 7.207; ἀλέξεσθαι περί τινι or τινος, A.R. 4.55
in Med., also, recompense, requite, τοὺς εὖ καὶ κακῶς ποιοῦντας ἀλεξόμενος X. An. 1.9.11.—Not in A. or E. (exc. ἀπ-).
In the wild
- ἀλεξομένους · alexomenous Herodotus, Histories 1.211.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1514)
- ἀλεξομένους · alexomenous Herodotus, Histories 2.63.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1982)
- ἀλέξασθαι · alexasthai Herodotus, Histories 7.207.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8258)
- ἀλεξομένους · alexomenous Herodotus, Histories 7.225.3 (DIORISIS sentence 8372)
- ἀλεξησόμενοι · alexēsomenoi Herodotus, Histories 8.108.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9060)
- ἀλεξησομένους · alexēsomenous Herodotus, Histories 8.81.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8901)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀλέξω (scan pp. 111-112; entry #349). Root candidates: *ol-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀλέξω (scan p. 72; entry #360).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀλέξω (scan pp. 98-100; entry #340).
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