ἀλέα
alea
avoiding, escape
Appears 36 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀλέα (A), [ᾰλ], Ion. ἀλέη, ἡ, (ἄλη, ἀλέομαι) A. avoiding, escape, ἐγγύθι μοι θάνατος . . οὐδʼ ἀλέη Il. 22.301 (not in Od.); οὐκ ἔστιν ἀ. οὐδὲ σκέπη Aër. 19: c.gen., shelter from athing, ὑετοῦ Op. 545.—Ep.and Ion. word. ἀλέα (B), [ᾰλ], Ion. ἀλέη, ἡ, contr. ἀλῆ ap. 14.33, cj. in 18.11 :—warmth, heat, of fire, Od. 17.23 (not in Il.), Mis. 341c; generally, warmth, or warm spot, ἐν ἀλέῃ γενέσθαι VM 16, cf. 141; ἐσενεγκὼν ἐς ἀ. Aër. 8; χρέεσθαι περιπάτοις ἐν ἀ. Vict. 3.68; ἐν ἀ. κατακείμενος Ec. 541; ἀλέας καὶ ψύχους in heat and cold, Erx. 401d, cf. EN 1148a8; πνῖγος καὶ ἀ. Metaph. 1026b34; ἐν ταῖς ἀ. in the hot season, Pr. 939b9: later, animal, bodily heat, 2.131d, NA 3.20, Or. 48 (24).22; generally, source of warmth, τὸ ἔριον ἡμῖν κόσμος καὶ ἀ. Abst. 1.21, etc.: in pl., fomentations, Trall.Febr. 3.
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