- ἀλέομαι
- ἀλέομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `avoid, shun, flee' (Il.).Other forms: Also ἀλεύεται (Hom.); aor. ἠλεύατο (Hom.); ἀλεύω (A.)Compounds: νηλεής (Hom.) `unescapable' \< *n̥-h₂leu-.Derivatives: ἀλέα `avoiding, escape, shelter' - ἀλεωρή `escape, shelter' (Il.) \< *ἀλεϜ-ωλη (Chantr. Form. 243) or with an r-suffix. Denom. vb. ἀλεείνω from *ἀλεϜ-εν-, from the r\/n-stem ἄλεαρ· ἀλεωρίαν η πολυωρίαν H. (one expects *h₂leu-r̥, gen. *h₂lu-en-s).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [27] *h₂leu- `escape'?Etymology: With zero grade ἀλύ-σκω (Hom.). Connection with ἀλύω is very doubtful, because of its deviant meaning (`be distraught, beside oneself'). ἀλάομαι is also far off.Page in Frisk: --
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.