to be deeply stirred, excited:
ἀλύω, Att.
ἁλύωacc. to Suid. , cf. Eust. 1636.28 , Aeol.
ἀλυίω
EM 254.16 ; onlypres.andimpf.; Poet. (rare in Com.) and late Prose:—
A. to be deeply stirred, excited:
1. from grief,to be distraught, beside oneself,
ἡ δ' ἀλύους' ἀπεβήσετο
Il. 5.352
; δινεύεσκ' ἀλύων παρὰ θῖνα
24.12
; ἀλύων in mad passion,
Od. 9.398
; ἐᾶτέ μ' ὧδ' ἀλύειν
S. El. 135
; τί χρῆμ' ἀλύω;
E. Or. 277
, etc.
2. from perplexity or despair,to be at a loss, perplexed,
ἀλύει δ' ἐπὶ παντί
S. Ph. 174
;ἀλύοντα χειμερίῳ λύπᾳib. 1194 ; ἐν πόνοις ἀλύουσαν
Id. OT 695
; οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δ' ἀλύομεν are at our wit's end,
Alex. 116.13
; ἄλλως ἀλύει is wasting her pains,
Men. Epit. 342
; ψυχὴ ἀ. διὰ τὴν ἀπορίαν
Plu. Brut. 15
.
3. to be weary, ennuyé,
ἐπὶ τῶν συμποσίων
Metrod. Herc. 831.13
, cf. Plu. 2.965a , Ael. VH 14.12 .
4. to be fretful, restless,
Hp. Epid. 1.26 .ά, Men. Epit.Fr. 4 , Gal. 18(1).167 .
5. struggle, kick,
τῶν σκελῶν ἀλυόντων
Hld. 10.30
.
6. from joy or exultation (rarely),to be beside oneself,
Od. 18.333 , A. Th. 391 , cf. Jac. AP p.760 .
II. later,wander, roam about,
Plb. 26 , 1.1 , Luc. DMar. 13.1 , Plu. TG 21 ;lounge idly,
Babr. 9 . [11] .
III. trans., μετὰ φρεσὶν ἄχθος ἀλύει
Opp. H. 4.195
. [ῠ
Hom. , except at the end of the verse, Od. 9.398 , as A.R. 3.866 ;ἀλῡ́οντεςin 4th foot, Emp. 145 , Opp. H. 4.195 ;ῡalways in Trag.]
