α1428Ἀλύειν
to be beside oneself, to be overwhelmed
The [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…
Ἀλύειν· τὸ ἐν ἄλῃ δυσφορεῖν. σημαίνει δὲ ἐνίοτε καὶ τὸ γεγηθέναι, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀλέας καὶ διαχύσεως. Ὅμηρος· ἢ ἀλύεις, ὅτι Ἶρον ἐνίκησας τὸν ἀλήτην; ὅθεν καὶ δασύνεται. Σοφοκλῆς· ἐᾶτέ…