- ἄναλτος
- ἄναλτοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `insatiable' (Od.).Other forms: Cf. ἄλτρον· μισθός H.; from `what garantees food'? (DELG)Origin: IE [Indo-European] [26] *h₂el- `grow; make grow, feed'Etymology: Negative verbal adjective of the root seen in Lat. alo, OIr. alim, ON ala `feed', Goth. alands `τρεφόμενος, nourished', in Greek only in enlarged form: ἀλδαίνω, ἀλθαίνω(?) (s. vv.). Perhaps νεᾱλής `fresh, not tired' is form the same root (s.v.). - Skt. anala- `fire', supposed to be `the insatiable', is rather of Dravidian origin.Page in Frisk: 1,102
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.