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:—

• 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. Sollert. 2.965a, Ael. VH 14.12.
    • 4 to be fretful, restless, Hp. Epid. 1.4.1 [1.26.αʹ], Men. Epit.Fr. 4, Gal. 18(1).167.
    • 5[del. from Supp.]
    • 6 from joy or exultation (rarely), to be beside oneself, Od. 18.333, A. Th. 391, cf. Jac. AP p.760.
  • II later, wander, roam about, Plb. 26.1.1, Luc. DMar. 13.1, Plu. TG 21; lounge idly, Babr. 9. [11].
  • III trans., to be distraught at, τῶν σκελῶν .. τὴν ἧτταν ἀλυόντων Hld. 10.30.4, μετὰ φρεσὶν ἄχθος ἀλύει Opp. H. 4.195. [ῠ Hom., 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.]

ἀλύω, nur praes. u. impft., irr sein im Geiste (vgl. ἀλεύω), Hom. fünfmal, Od. 18.333, 393 ἶ ἀλύεις, ὅτι Ἶρον ἐνίκησας τὸν ἀλήτην, hat die Freude dich toll gemacht ; 9.398 τὸν μὲν ἔπειτʼ ἔρριψεν ἀπὸ ἕο χερσὶν ἀλύων, außer sich vor Schmerzen, Il. 5.352 ἡ δʼ ἀλύουσʼ ἀπεβήσετο, völlig außer Fassung ; 24.12 δινεύεσκʼ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖνʼ ἁλός, vom Weh gepeitscht ; – vgl. Plut. Aud. poet. 5 über die Bedeutung ; VLL μέση λέξις, χαίρειν καὶ λυπεῖσθαι ; Aesch. Spt. 391 ; Soph. Phil. 174, 1179, El. 133 ; dem εὐπορεῖν entggstzt Alex. Ath. VI.237d ; ὀδύνῃ περὶ θυμὸν ἀλύων Ap.Rh. 3.866 ; sp.D.; Aesop. 13 ; Langeweile haben Ael. V.H. 14.12. Bei Sp. in Prosa = betrübt, verwirrt umherirren, Luc. Dial. mar. 13.1 Plut. Timol. 14.
Das υ ist bei Hom. außer Od. 9.398 kurz, bei Attikern lang ; Sp. Ep. brauchen es nach dem Bedürfnis des Verses lang u. kurz. Od. 18.333, 393 wollte Ptolem. Askalonit. mit spir. asper lesen ἁλύεις, Scholl. Il. 5.352 ; Herodian. 24.12 δινεύεσκʼ ἀλύων : ψιλῶς τὸ ἀλύων· δῆλον κἀκ τῆς συναλοιφῆς.

ἀλύω

( υ Od. 9.398).

• • 1

    To be beside oneself from pain or grief: ἀλύουσʼ ἀπεβήσετο Il. 5.352. Cf. Il. 24.12.

    From exultation Od. 18.333 = 393.

  • 2

    To manifest distraction by gestures: χερσὶν ἀλύων Od. 9.398.

ἀλύω (cf. ἀλάομαι): wander in mind, be beside oneself, distraught, with pain, grief (Il. 24.12), or sometimes with joy (Od. 18.333); ἀλύων, ‘frantic with pain,’ Od. 9.398.

ἀλύω akin to ἀλάομαι only in pres. and imperf. υ short in Hom., ῡ once in Od. and in Trag.

• • Ito wander in mind:
  • • 1from grief, to be ill at ease, be distraught, Il.: to be beside oneself, Hom., Soph.
    • 2from perplexity, to be at a loss, not know what to do, ἀλύει δʼ ἐπὶ παντί Soph.; ἀλ. λύπαι, ἐν πόνοις, Soph.
    • 3from joy or exultation, to be beside oneself, Od., Aesch.
  • IIto wander or roam about, Luc., Babr.