ἀλωή

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], Dor. ἀλωά, ἡ, (ἀλέωA, cf. Att. ἅλως) poet.:    I threshing-floor, ἱερὰς κατ' ἀλωάς Il.5.499; μεγάλην κατ' ἀλωήν, ἐϋκτιμένῃ ἐν ἀλωῇ, 13.588, 20.496, cf. Hes.Op.597.    II more commonly, any prepared ground (cf. Sch.Od.1.193), garden, orchard, vineyard, etc., Il.5.90, Od.6.293, etc.: Ποσειδάωνος ἀ., i.e. sea, Opp. H.1.797.    III halo, of sun or moon, Arat.811,875.