ἀλέω
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
(A), [ᾰ]: impf.
A ἤλουν Pherecr.10.1: aor. ἤλεσα Id.183,Hp.Fist. 7, Steril.230, etc.; Ep. ἄλεσσα (κατ-) Od.20.109: pf. ἀλήλεκα AP11.251 (Nicarch.):—Pass., pf. ἀλήλεσμαι Hp. ap. Gal.19.76, Hdt.7.23; ἀλήλεμαι Th.4.26, Amph.9: aor. ἠλέσθην Dsc.1.120:—grind, bruise, Hom. only in compd. κατ-αλέω, q. v.; ἤλουν τὰ σιτία Pherecr.l.c.; βίος ἀληλεμένος civilized life, in which one uses ground corn and not law fruits, Amph. l.c.; ἄλει, μύλα, ἄλει grind, mill, grind ! Carm. Pop.43: metaph., ὀψὲ θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλαι, ἀλέουσι δὲ λεπτά Poet. ap. S.E.M.1.287.
ἀλέω (B), only in Med. ἀλέομαι, q.v.
German (Pape)
[Seite 94] (molo, ἀλέσω, ἀλῶ Moeris 17, ἤλεσα; ἀληλεκέναι Nicarch. 33 (XI, 251); ἀληλεσμένος σῖτος Her. 7, 23; Thuc. 4, 26, wo Bekk. ἀληλεμένος hat; Amph. XIV, 649 a; ἀλεσθείς Athen.; ἀλεστἐον Diosc.), mahlen, zermalmen, κἀχρυς Ar. Nub. 1340; ἤλουν τὰ σιτία Phereer. Ath. VI, 263 b; auch von der Mühle, ἄλει μύλα ἄλει Plut. Conv. sept. sap. 14; sprichwörtlich βίος ἀληλεσμένος, verfeinertes, bequemes Leben, Ath. a. a. O. Zenob. 1, 21; nach Snid. ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἀφθονίᾳ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων ὄντων; s. ἀλήθω.
