ἀλωή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], Dor. ἀλωά, ἡ, (<b class="b3">ἀλέω</b>A, cf. Att. <b class="b3">ἅλως</b>) poet.: <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">threshing-floor</b>, ἱερὰς κατ' ἀλωάς <span class="bibl">Il.5.499</span>; <b class="b3">μεγάλην κατ' ἀλωήν, ἐϋκτιμένῃ ἐν ἀλωῇ</b>, <span class="bibl">13.588</span>, <span class="bibl">20.496</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>597</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> more commonly, <b class="b2">any prepared ground</b> (cf. Sch.<span class="bibl">Od.1.193</span>), <b class="b2">garden, orchard, vineyard</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Il.5.90</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.293</span>, etc.: <b class="b3">Ποσειδάωνος ἀ</b>., i.e. sea, <span class="bibl">Opp. <span class="title">H.</span>1.797</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">halo</b>, of sun or moon, <span class="bibl">Arat.811</span>,<span class="bibl">875</span>.</span>