ἀλύω

ἀλύω, Att. ἁλύω acc. to Suid., cf. Eust. 1636.28, Aeol. ἀλυίω EM 254.16; only pres. and impf.; Poet. (rare in Com.) and late Prose:— A. to be deeply stirred, excited: 1. from grief, to be distraught, beside oneself, ἡ δʼ ἀλύουσʼ ἀπεβήσετο Il. 5.352; δινεύεσκʼ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖνα 24.12; ἀλύων in mad passion, Od. 9.398; ἐᾶτέ μʼ ὧδʼ ἀλύειν S. El. 135; τί χρῆμʼ ἀλύω; E. Or. 277, etc. 2. from perplexity or despair, to be at a loss, perplexed, ἀλύει δʼ ἐπὶ παντί S. Ph. 174; ἀλύοντα χειμερίῳ λύπᾳ ib.1194; ἐν πόνοις ἀλύουσαν Id. OT 695; οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δʼ ἀλύομεν are at our witʼs end, Alex. 116.13; ἄλλως ἀλύει is wasting her pains, Men. Epit. 342; ψυχὴ ἀ. διὰ τὴν ἀπορίαν Plu. Brut. 15. 3. to be weary, ennuyé, ἐπὶ τῶν συμποσίων Metrod. Herc. 831.13, cf. Plu. 2.965a, Ael. VH 14.12. 4. to be fretful, restless, Hp. Epid. 1.26.αʹ, Men. Epit.Fr. 4, Gal. 18(1).167. 5. struggle, kick, τῶν σκελῶν ἀλυόντων Hld. 10.30. 6. from joy or exultation (rarely), to be beside oneself, Od. 18.333, A. Th. 391, cf. Jac.APp.760. II. later, wander, roam about, Plb. 26,1.1, Luc. DMar. 13.1, Plu. TG 21; lounge idly, Babr. 9.[11]. III. trans., μετὰ φρεσὶν ἄχθος ἀλύει Opp. H. 4.195. [ῠHom., except at the end of the verse, Od. 9.398, as A.R. 3.866; ἀλῡοντες in 4th foot, Emp. 145, Opp. H. 4.195; ῡ always in Trag.]