ἀλαός
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
[ᾰλ], όν,
A not seeing, blind (Cypr. for τυφλός, AB1095), Od.8.195, etc. (not in Il., Trag. only in lyr.); τὸ φωτῶν ἀ. γένος A.Pr.549, ἀλαοί, opp. δεδορκότες, the dead, Id.Eu.322; of eyes, S.OC149, 244, E.Ph.1531; ἕλκος ἀ. blinding wound, i. e. blindness, S.Ant.974; ἐπ ὀφθαλμῶν ἀ. νέφος A.R.2.259. II invisible imperceptible φθίσις ἀλαή prob. l. in Hp. Loc. Hom.10 (codd. ἄλλη, Gal. ἀλαΐα). (If from ἀ- priv., λάω A (q.v.), the accent is exceptional, but cf. Hdn. Gr. 1.112.) [ᾰλᾰος Od. l.c., etc.; but μάντιος ἀλαοῦ init. vers. Od.10.493, 12.267.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 89] όν (von ἀ privat. u. λάω sehen? ἀλάομαι?), blind; Hom. dreimal, Od. 8, 195 καί κ' ἀλαός τοι διακρίνειε τὸ σῆμα ἀμφαφόων, 10, 493. 12, 267 Versanfang μάντηος ἀλαοῦ, Tiresias; Tragg. u. Alex. D.; in Prosa nicht. – Aeschyl. Eum. 322 ἀλαοί die Todten, Gegens. δεδορκότες; – Apoll. Rh. 2, 259 ἀλαὸν νέφος, dunkele Wolke.
