ἀλᾰός[ᾰλ],όν ,
A. not seeing, blind( Cypr. forτυφλός, AB 1095 ), Od. 8.195 , etc. (not in Il. , Trag. only in lyr.); τὸ φωτῶν ἀ. γένος
A. Pr. 549
,ἀλαοί, opp.δεδορκότες,the dead, Id. Eu. 322 ; of eyes, S. OC 149 , 244 , E. Ph. 1531 ;ἕλκος ἀ.blindingwound, i. e.blindness, S. Ant. 974 ; ἐπ̓ ὀφθαλμῶν ἀ. νέφος
A.R. 2.259
.
II. invisible imperceptible φθίσις ἀλαήprob. l. in Hp. Loc. Hom. 10 (codd.ἄλλη, Gal.
ἀλαί̈α). (If fromἀ-priv.,λάωA (q.v.), the accent is exceptional, but cf. Hdn. Gr. 1.112 .) [ᾰλᾰος
Od. l.c., etc.; butμάντιος ἀλαοῦinit. vers. Od. 10.493 , 12.267 .]