ἀλεείνω
ὃς ἂν βούληται τῆν γῆν κινῆσαι κινησάτω τὸ πρῶτον ἑαυτόν → let him that would move the world first move himself
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.
