Ἁλῶ

would be caught, would be convicted

Translated by Jennifer Benedict31 May 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

8 words

[Meaning he/she/it] would be taken, would be condemned.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁλῶ· πιεσθῇ, καταγνωσθῇ.

Betacode

*(alw=: piesqh=|, katagnwsqh=|.

Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1079 Theodoridis. The headword -- evidently quoted from somewhere -- is aorist subjunctive, third person singular, of a(li/skomai; it is conventionally spelled with an iota subscript a(lw=|.
See also alpha 1328, alpha 1371.