ἀλέομαι
aleomai
avoid, shun
Appears 29 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀλέομαι [ᾰλ], contr. ἀλεῦμαι 575, pres.part. ἀλευόμενοι Op. 535 (v. l.), ἀλευμένη 7.61: impf. ἀλέοντο (ἐξ-) Il. 18.586:— chiefly used by in aor. ἀλευάμην, v. infr.; inf. ἀλέασθαι, -εύασθαι, Op. 734,505; subj. ἀλεύεται Od. 14.400; part. ἀλευάμενος 9.277, 400. (Perh. from same Root as ἄλη, ἀλάομαι: ἀλεϝ- as aor. shows):—A. avoid, shun, c. acc. rei, ἔγχεα δʼ ἀλλήλων ἀλεώμεθα Il. 6.226, cf. 13.184; ἐμὸν ἔγχος ἄλευαι 22.285; ἀλεύατο κῆρα μέλαιναν 3.360; Διὸς δʼ ἀλεώμεθα μῆνιν 5.34; ὄφρα τὸ κῆτος . . ἀλέαιτο 20.147; κακὸν . . τό κεν οὔτις . . ἀλέαιτο Od. 20.368; μύθους μὲν ὑπερφιάλους ἀλέασθε 4.774: rarely c. acc. pers., θεοὺς ἢ δειδίμεν ἢ ἀλέασθαι 9.274: c. inf., avoid doing, λίθου δʼ ἀλέασθαι ἐπαυρεῖν Il. 23.340; ἀλεύεται (Ep. subj.) ἠπεροπεύειν Od. 14.400. 2. abs., flee for oneʼs life, τὸν μὲν ἀλευάμενον τὸν δὲ κτάμενον Il. 5.28; οὔτε . . φυγέειν δύνατʼ οὔτʼ ἀλέασθαι 13.436; μή πως ἀλέηται Od. 4.396.
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