ἀλεείνω
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], Ep., only pres. and impf. (exc. aor.
A ἀλεεῖναι Man.6.736): (ἀλέα A, ἄλη):—avoid, shun, mostly c. acc. rei, θυμὸν ὀπίζομαι ἠδ' ἀλεείνω Od.13.148, al.; κῆρ' ἀλεείνοντες Hes.Fr.96.83 : abs., ὁ δὲ κερδοσύνῃ ἀλέεινε evaded [my question], Od.4.251 : less freq. c. acc. pers., ἀλέεινε δ' ὑφορβόν 16.477, cf. h.Merc.239 codd.: c. inf., κτεῖναι μέν ῥ' ἀλέεινε Il.6.167; ἀλεξέμεναι ἀλέεινε 13.356, cf. Antim.53:—also in Luc.Dem.Enc.23. II intr., shrink, ἄψ τ' ἀλέεινεν A.R.3.650.
German (Pape)
[Seite 91] = ἀλέομαι, fast nur praes. u. impf., aor. ἀλεεῖναι bei Maneth. 6, 736, vermeiden, fliehen, oft Hom., κῆρα, dcn Tod, in dem öfters gebrauchten Verse ἄψ δ' ἑτάρων εἰς ἔθνος ἐχὰζετο κῆρ' ἀλεείνων z. B. Iliad. 3, 32; θυμόν, den Zorn, Od. 18, 148, θεοπροπέην Iliad. 16, 36. ll, 794; mit inf. κτεῖναι μέν ρ' ἀλέεινε Il. 6, 167, ἀλεξέμεναι 13, 356; absolut, ausweichen, Od. 4, 251; – H. h. Msrc. 239; ἂψ ἀλέει νεν εἴσω, er zog sich nach Innen zurück, Ap. Rh. 3, 650.
