ἄλη
ἄλη, ceaseless wandering
- wandering or roaming without home or hope of rest, Od. 10.464, E. Or. 56 (pl.); θεία ἄ., as etym. of ἀλήθεια, Pl. Cra. 421b; in later Prose, Plu. Mar. 45, Hld. 7.6 (pl.), etc.; in pl., of the blood in fever, Hp. Flat. 8.
- 2 wandering of mind, distraction, E. Med. 1285.
- II Act., πνοαὶ βροτῶν ἄλαι winds that keep men wandering, A. Ag. 194.
1 vagar errante, vagabundeo gener. en mal sent.
ἄλης χαλεπῆς μεμνημένοι
ἄ. λυγρή
ἄ. πικρά
οὔτι φέρει δρησμόν ... μαψιδίην δὲ οἴσει ἄλην
χρόνος ... τῆς ἄλης καὶ τῆς ταλαιπωρίας
ἄλην ... καὶ φυγὰς καὶ κινδύνους
• como etim. de ἀλήθεια:
ὡς θεία οὖσα ἄλη
• en plu.
ἐμπορικὰς ἄλας
las correrías de los comerciantesἄλας ξενικὰς ἐπιβαλόντα
imponiéndose unos vagabundeos en tierras extranjeras
• migración
ἐν ἀμετρήτοισιν ἄλην πελάγεσσιν ἔχουσι
de peces
• dispersión
πνοαί ... βροτῶν ἄλαι
vientos (que son) la dispersión de los marineros
2 fig. extravío de la mente:
haec est ἄλη in qua nunc sumus, mortis instar
•Cf.
-ης, ἡ.
(Incessant) wandering Od. 10.464, Od. 15.342, 345, Od. 21.284.
- ceaseless wandering, Od., etc.
- 2wandering of mind, distraction, Eur.
- IIact., ἄλαι βροτῶν δύσορμοι, of storms such as keep men wandering without haven and rest, Aesch.; cf. ἀλύω.