ἀλέω

aleo

grind, bruise

Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 9
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Book 9 2
Chapter ?

9274
9411
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16447
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17483
Book 18 2
Chapter ?

18333
18393
Book 20 3
Chapter ?

20109
20368
20377
Iliad 7
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

328
Book 13 2
Chapter ?

13436
13513
Book 20 2
Chapter ?

20147
20302
Book 23 2
Chapter ?

23340
23605

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀλέω (A), [ᾰ]: impf. ἤλουν Pherecr. 10.1: aor. ἤλεσα Id. 183,Hp. Fist. 7, Steril. 230, etc.; Ep. ἄλεσσα (κατ-) Od. 20.109: pf. ἀλήλεκα AP 11.251 (Nicarch.):—Pass., pf. ἀλήλεσμαι Hp. ap. Gal. 19.76, Hdt. 7.23; ἀλήλεμαι Th. 4.26, Amph.9: aor. ἠλέσθην Dsc. 1.120:—A. grind, bruise, Hom. only in compd. κατ-αλέω, q. v.; ἤλουν τὰ σιτία Pherecr.l.c.; βίος ἀληλεμένος civilized life, in which one uses ground corn and not law fruits, Amph. l.c.; ἄλει, μύλα, ἄλει grind, mill, grind ! Carm. Pop.43: metaph., ὀψὲ θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλαι, ἀλέουσι δὲ λεπτά Poet. ap. S.E. M. 1.287.

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