ἀλάομαι

ἀλάομαι

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `wander, roam; be banished' (Il.).

Other forms: aor. ἀλήθην (Hom.), pf. ἀλάλησθαι, ἀλαλήμενος (Hom.) with present meaning, cf. the accent, s. Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1914, 117f., Chantr. Gr. Hom. 190. Late is ἀλαίνω (s. Schwyzer 733).

Derivatives: ἄλη (Od.); ἀλήτης m.`wanderer, rover; vagrant' (Od.); ἀλήμων `roving' (Od.). On ἀλήτωρ ἱερεύς Masson, Rev. de phil. 3. sér. 37, 1963, 214-218.

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [27] *h₂el- `wander about'

Etymology: ἀλάομαι is an old intensive in -άομαι, which can be compared with Latv. aluôt `wander about'. Further perhaps to Lat. ambulo.

See also: Cf. 2. ἀλέα, ἀλύω, ἠλάσκω, ἅλιος.

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