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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[grind]] (Od. <b class="b3">κατ-</b>).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">ἤλεσα</b>, ep. <b class="b3">ἄλεσσα</b>, pf. <b class="b3">ἀλήλεκα</b>, <b class="b3">-ε(σ)μαι</b>.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. uncertain ][[artereu]][.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀλέ-ατα</b> <b class="b2">wheat-groats</b> (inscr. Miletos, VIa) from <b class="b3">*ἀλέ-Ϝατα</b>, with metrical lengthening <b class="b3">ἀλείατα</b> (Hom.), cf. Schulze Q. 226 and Hdn. 2, 472, 12, who explains <b class="b3">ἄλειαρ</b> from <b class="b3">ἄλεαρ</b>. Thematized in <b class="b3">ἄλευρ-ον</b>, mostly pl. <b class="b3">ἄλευρα</b> [[flour]] (Hdt.). - <b class="b3">ἄλητον</b> [[flour]] (Hp.) with <b class="b3">η</b> after <b class="b3">ἄμητος</b> or contr. from <b class="b3">ἀλεατ-</b>. <b class="b3">ἀλήσιον πᾶν τὸ ἀληλεσμένον</b> H., Lacon. <b class="b3">ἀληhιον</b> (with [[s]] < [[t]] before [[i]]!). - <b class="b3">ἄλημα</b> n. [[flour]] (S.). - <b class="b3">ὄνος ἀλέτης</b> <b class="b2">grinder (upper millstone)</b> (Gortyn, X., cf. Schwyzer 499, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 57f.). - <b class="b3">ἀλετρίς</b> <b class="b2">woman who grinds corn</b> (Hom.). - On <b class="b3">ἀλετρίβανος</b> m. [[pestle]] (Ar.) cf. Schwyzer 263, 438. - Lengthened vb. stem <b class="b3">ἀλήθω</b> (Hp.; Schwyzer 682). Unclear <b class="b3">ἀλίνω</b> = <b class="b3">λεπτύνω</b> (Phot. ex S.); cf. <b class="b3">ἀλιν[ν]όν ἀμυδρόν</b> H., s. Güntert IF 45, 345.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [28] <b class="b2">*h₂elh₁-</b> [[grind]]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἀλέω</b> is prob. an athematic present <b class="b3">*ἀλε-</b> < <b class="b2">*h₂elh₁-</b>. - With <b class="b3">*ἄλε-Ϝαρ</b> cf. Arm. [[alewr]] [[flour]], <b class="b2">*h₂leh₁-ur̥</b>. The Arm. verb is [[aɫam]]. Further cognates in Indo-Iranian, e. g. MInd. (+ Hindi, Bengali) <b class="b2">āṭā</b> [[flour]], NPers. [[ārd]] <b class="b2">id.</b>, Av. <b class="b2">aša-</b> (< <b class="b2">*arta-</b>) [[ground]]. - The PIE root <b class="b2">*melh₂-</b>, same meaning, cf. <b class="b3">μάλευρον</b>.

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