ἀλαός

ἀλαός [ᾰλ], όν, A. not seeing, blind (Cypr. for τυφλός, AB 1095), Od. 8.195, etc. (not in Il., Trag. only in lyr.); τὸ φωτῶν ἀ. γένος A. Pr. 549, ἀλαοί, opp. δεδορκότες, the dead, Id. Eu. 322; of eyes, S. OC 149, 244, E. Ph. 1531; ἕλκος ἀ. blinding wound, i. e. blindness, S. Ant. 974; ἐπ ὀφθαλμῶν ἀ. νέφος A.R. 2.259. II. invisible imperceptible φθίσις ἀλαή prob. l. in Hp. Loc. Hom. 10 (codd. ἄλλη, Gal. ἀλαΐα). (If from ἀ- priv., λάω A (q.v.), the accent is exceptional, but cf. Hdn. Gr. 1.112.) [ᾰλᾰος Od. l.c., etc.; but μάντιος ἀλαοῦ init. vers. Od. 10.493, 12.267.]