Ἀλοιῶν
threshing, crushing
Translated by Jennifer Benedict9 Jun 2000Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who/which is] striking, smiting.1
"Striking him then another way with a cudgel, he killed him."2
Hence also parricide [patraloi/as ], he who strikes [sc. and kills] his father.3
Alsoa)loi=a , striking.4 And Homer [says]: "he crushed [him] utterly."5
Buta)lu/w ["I am beside myself"] [means] I am joyful, and a)lu/w [also means] I grieve, [pronounced] barytone.6
"Striking him then another way with a cudgel, he killed him."2
Hence also parricide [
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλοιῶν· τύπτων, κρούων. ὁ δὲ ῥοπάλῳ ἀλοιῶν εἴθ' ἑτέρῳ τρόπῳ τοῦτον ἔκτεινεν. ἔνθεν καὶ πατραλοίας, ὁ τὸν πατέρα τύπτων. καὶ Ἀλοῖα, ἡ τύπτουσα. καὶ Ὅμηρος· ἄχρις ἀπηλοίησεν. Ἀλύω δὲ τὸ χαίρω, καὶ Ἀλύω τὸ λυποῦμαι, βαρυτόνως.
Betacode
*)aloiw=n: tu/ptwn, krou/wn. o( de\ r(opa/lw| a)loiw=n ei)/q' e(te/rw| tro/pw| tou=ton e)/kteinen. e)/nqen kai\ patraloi/as, o( to\n pate/ra tu/ptwn. kai\ *)aloi=a, h( tu/ptousa. kai\ *(/omhros: a)/xris a)phloi/hsen. *)alu/w de\ to\ xai/rw, kai\ *)alu/w to\ lupou=mai, baruto/nws.
Notes (6)
- The headword is pesent participle, masculine nominative singular, of↩
a)loia/w ; probably extracted from the first quotation given.- 1cf. alpha 1412. ↩
- 2Tentatively attributed by Adler to Aelian; however, as she notes, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.39.4 on Heracles is very similar. ↩
- 3From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.568. ↩
- 4Feminine, either participle or adjective; see already alpha 1412, and cf. eta 255. ↩
- 5Homer, Iliad 4.522 (web address 1); see also alpha 3157. ↩
- 6Again at alpha 1436; see also alpha 1427. The verb
a)lu/w is pronounced the same asa)loiw= in Byzantine pronunciation, except for the accent. To call a verb "barytone" is to say that it is not accented on the last syllable; in our terms, it is not a contract verb.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α1412Ἀλοῖαthreshing, crushing[Meaning] she who is smiting. Also [sc. attested is the infinitive] a)loia=n, [meaning] to smite.
- α1427Ἀλύειis perplexed, is beside oneself[Meaning he/she/it] is sorely troubled, is overwhelmed, is disheartened, is at a loss. "Stop being perplexed and vexed." And sometimes a)lu/w [means] I rejoice.
- α1436ἈλύωI am beside myselfThe [verb that means] I am overjoyed, and a)lu/w [sc. is also] the [verb that means] I am grieved.
- α3157Ἀπηλοίησενbruised, crushed[Meaning he/she/it] cut off; but a)phlloi/wse [means he/she/it] differentiated.
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Revision history11 revisions · last 15 Jan 2016
- tweaked translation, expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- expanded note 6, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified note — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; restorative and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Cosmetics. — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict