ἠλεός
eleos
distraught, crazed
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἠλεός, ή, όν,
‹ All lexicon entries distraught, crazed, φρένας ἠλεέ Od. 2.243; in shorter form φρένας ἠλέ (perh. replacing Aeol. ἆλλε, written αλε), Il. 15.128; ἠλεὰ ῥέξας Fr. 174 [Fr. 528a Pf.], cf. 173 [Fr. 528 Pf.]: neut. pl., as Adv., foolishly, AP 7.639 (), Aet. 3.1.66 [Fr. 75.66 Pf.]: Aeol. ἆλλος prob. in 35, 110, dub. in ἀλλοφρονέω, ἀλλοφάσσω; cf. ἀλοσύνα (s.v. ἠλοσύνη).
2. Act., distracting, crazing, οἶνος Od. 14.464.
II. ἀλεός [ᾰ], is cited from (Fr. 410) by (ἀλαιός cod.), cf. 2.909, EM 59.45; cf. ἀλεόφρων· ὁ παράφρων ibid.: ἀλ<ε>ώσσειν· μωραίνειν,