ἀλεείνω
Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → Life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.
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.
