ἄλη
αἰτήσεις ἀκοὐεις σῶν ἱκετῶν· ταχἐως συνδραμεῖς ἀναπαὐων εὐεργετῶν· ἰάματα παρἐχεις, Ἱερἀρχα, τῇ πρὀς Θεὀν παρρησἰᾳ κοσμοὐμενος → You hear the prayers of your suppliants; quickly you come to their assistance, bringing relief and benefits; you provide the remedies, Archbishop, since you are endowed with free access to God.
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ἡ,
A wandering or roaming without home or hope of rest, Od.10.464, E.Or.56 (pl.); θεία ἄ., as etym. of ἀλήθεια, Pl.Cra.421b; in later Prose, Plu.Mar.45, Hld.7.6 (pl.), etc.; in pl., of the blood in fever, Hp.Flat.8. 2 wandering of mind, distraction, E.Med. 1285. II Act., πνοαὶ βροτῶν ἄλαι winds that keep men wandering, A.Ag. 194.
German (Pape)
[Seite 94] ἡ, das Umherschweifen, Umherirren, Hom. viermal, Od. 10, 464 ἀ. χαλεπῆς, 15, 342 ἄλης καὶ ὀιζύος, 345 ἄλη καὶ πῆμα καὶ ἄλγος, 21, 284 ἄλη τ' ἀκομιστίη τε; – Eur. Or. 56 u. sp. D.; auch Plut. Mar. 45. Bei Soph. frg. 693 die umherschweifende Heerde; Aesch. Ag. 187 nennt Stürme δύσορμοι βροτῶν ἄλαι, die hafenlosen Irrfahrten der Menschen. Uebertr. Unruhe des Geistes, Angst, Wahnsinn, Eur. Med. 1280; Plat. Crat. 421 b; Cic. Att. X, 1 u. Sp.
