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ἀλοάω

ἀλοάω, to thresh, thresh out

ἀλοάω, Ep. ἀλοιάω Theoc. 10.48: Ep. impf. ἀλοία Il. 9.568: fut. -ήσω LXX Je. 5.17, Dor. ἀλοιησέω Tyrt. in Berl.Sitzb. 1918.728: aor. ἠλόησα Ar. Ra. 149, Herod. 2.34 (ἀλοιήσῃ ib. 51), part. ἀλοάσας [ᾱς] Pherecr. 65; Ep. ἠλοίησα (ἀπ-) Il. 4.522, (συν-) Theoc. 22.128:—Pass., fut. -ηθήσομαι LXX Je. 28(51).33: aor. ἠλοήθην Thphr. CP 4.6.5, Plb. 10.12.9, Plu. Alex. fort. 2.327a: pf. ἠλόημαι Thphr. CP 4.12.9 (Cod. Urb.):— poet. aor. part. ἀλοίσας (as if from ἀλοίω, cf. Eust. 775.8, Hdn. Epim. 277) dub. l. in Epigr. ap. D.L. 7.31; ἀλοϝάω dub. in Glotta 4.202 (archaic Apulian vase):—
  • tread, thresh, Pl. Thg. 124a, X. Oec. 18.2, LXX De. 25.4.
      • 2 thresh, smite, γῆν χερσὶν ἀλοία Il. 9.568, cf. Epigr. l.c.; μηρόν Plu. TG 2; cudgel, thrash, Glotta l.c., S. Fr. 20 (dub.), Ar. Ra. 149, Herod. 2.34; ῥοπάλῳ τινά Babr. 98.15.
      • 3 crush, smash, σκεύη Id. 129.16; batter down, πόλεις LXX Je. 5.17.
    • II drive round and round, like cattle treading out corn, Ar. Th. 2 (acc. to Sch.).

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