The corpus record

ἠλεός

eleos

distraught, crazed

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Where it lives

Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

distraught, crazed, foolishly

distraught, crazed, φρένας ἠλεέ Od. 2.243; in shorter form φρένας ἠλέ (perh. replacing Aeol. ἆλλε, written αλε), Il. 15.128; ἠλεὰ ῥέξας Call. Fr. 174 [Fr. 528a Pf.], cf. 173 [Fr. 528 Pf.]: neut. pl., as Adv., foolishly, AP 7.639 (Antip.), Call. Aet. 3.1.66 [Fr. 75.66 Pf.]: Aeol. ἆλλος prob. in Sapph. 35, 110, dub. in ἀλλοφρονέω, ἀλλοφάσσω; cf. ἀλοσύνα (s.v. ἠλοσύνη).

2 distracting, crazing

Act., distracting, crazing, οἶνος Od. 14.464.

ἀλεός [ᾰ], is cited from A. (Fr. 410) by Hsch. (ἀλαιός cod.), cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.909, EM 59.45; cf. ἀλεόφρων· ὁ παράφρων ibid.: ἀλ<ε>ώσσειν· μωραίνειν, Hsch.

In the wild

ἠλὲ · ēle Iliad 15.128
ἠλεός · ēleos Odyssey 14.464
ἠλεέ · ēlee Odyssey 2.243

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἠλεός (scan pp. 561-562; entry #2446).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἠλεός (scan p. 424; entry #2988).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἠλεός (scan pp. 661-662; entry #2322). Root candidates: *nJeuo-.

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