ἀλέα
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English (LSJ)
(A), [ᾰλ], Ion. ἀλέη, ἡ, (ἄλη, ἀλέομαι)
A avoiding, escape, ἐγγύθι μοι θάνατος . . οὐδ' ἀλέη Il.22.301 (not in Od.); οὐκ ἔστιν ἀ. οὐδὲ σκέπη Hp.Aër.19: c.gen., shelter from athing, ὑετοῦ Hes. Op.545.—Ep.and Ion. word. ἀλέα (B), [ᾰλ], Ion. ἀλέη, ἡ, contr. ἀλῆ Androm. ap. Gal.14.33, cj. in Babr.18.11 :—warmth, heat, of fire, Od.17.23 (not in Il.), Jul.Mis.341c; generally, warmth, or warm spot, ἐν ἀλέῃ γενέσθαι Hp.VM16, cf. Diocl.Fr.141; ἐσενεγκὼν ἐς ἀ. Hp.Aër.8; χρέεσθαι περιπάτοις ἐν ἀ. Id.Vict.3.68; ἐν ἀ. κατακείμενος Ar.Ec.541; ἀλέας καὶ ψύχους in heat and cold, Pl.Erx.401d, cf. Arist.EN1148a8; πνῖγος καὶ ἀ. Id.Metaph.1026b34; ἐν ταῖς ἀ. in the hot season, Id.Pr.939b9: later, animal, bodily heat, Plu.2.131d, Ael.NA3.20, Aristid.Or.48 (24).22; generally, source of warmth, τὸ ἔριον ἡμῖν κόσμος καὶ ἀ. Porph.Abst.1.21, etc.: in pl., fomentations, Alex. Trall.Febr.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 91] ἡ (att. ἁλέα, vgl. εἵλη, ἥλιος), Sonnenwärme, Hom. cinmal, Od. 17, 23; Ar. Eccl. 541; übh. Wärme, Ggstz ψῦχος, Plat. Eryx. 401 d; Plut. de prim. frig. 4. ἡ, das Vermeiden, Hom. einmal, ll. 22, 801; ὑετοῦ ἀλἐη, Schutz gegen den Regen, Hes. O. 543.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀλέα: [ᾰλ], (Α), Ἰων. ἀλέη, ἡ, (ἄλη, ἀλέομαι) ἄλυξις, διαφυγή, ἀπόδρασις, ἐγγύθι μοι θάνατος ... οὐδ’ ἀλέη, Ἰλ. Χ. 301 (οὐδαμοῦ ἐν Ὀδ.): - μετὰ γεν., προφυλακτήριον, σκέπη, ὑετοῦ, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. καὶ Ἡμ. 543· πρβλ. ἀλεωρή. Ἐπ. λέξις.
French (Bailly abrégé)
2ας (ἡ) :
chaleur.
Étymologie: DELG cf. a.-sax. swelan « brûler lentement », vha. schwelen.
