Ἀλύει
is perplexed, is beside oneself
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jun 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλύει· ἀδημονεῖ, δυσχεραίνει, ἀθυμεῖ, ἀπορεῖ. ἀλύουσα καὶ ἀσχάλλουσα παῦσαι. καὶ Ἀλύω τὸ χαίρω ἐνίοτε.
Betacode
*)alu/ei: a)dhmonei=, dusxerai/nei, a)qumei=, a)porei=. a)lu/ousa kai\ a)sxa/llousa pau=sai. kai\ *)alu/w to\ xai/rw e)ni/ote.
Notes (3)
- See also alpha 1428.↩
- 1Third person singular, present indicative active, of
a)lu/w ; same glossing in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere (probably Sophocles, Philoctetes 174; cf. the scholia there). ↩- 2Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable as Theodoret (PG 80.1172) on Psalms 41 (42).5, referring to the soul. ↩
- 3See already alpha 1417, and again alpha 1436. According to LSJ s.v., the verb means "to be deeply stirred, excited" with various emotions from grief or despair to joy or exultation.
- 1Third person singular, present indicative active, of
Linked from3 entries
- α1417Ἀλοιῶνthreshing, crushing[Meaning one who/which is] striking, smiting. "Striking him then another way with a cudgel, he killed him." Hence also parricide [patraloi/as], he who strikes [sc. and kills] his father. Also a)loi=a, striking. And…
- α1428Ἀλύεινto be beside oneself, to be overwhelmedThe [verb that means] to be vexed in distraction. It sometimes also means to rejoice, from warmth [alea] and frenzy. Homer [writes]: "are you beside yourself because you have beaten that vagabond Irus?" Hence it also is…
- α1436ἈλύωI am beside myselfThe [verb that means] I am overjoyed, and a)lu/w [sc. is also] the [verb that means] I am grieved.
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