ἀλέγω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Lyr., once in A. (lyr.), only pres., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[have a care]], [[mind]], [[heed]], usu. neg.: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> abs., <b class="b3">οὐκ ἀ</b>. [[have]] no [[care]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.389</span>, <span class="bibl">Od. 17.390</span>; κύνες οὐκ ἀλέγουσαι <span class="bibl">Od.19.154</span>: without neg., <b class="b3">Λιταὶ ἀλέγουσι κιοῦσαι</b> walk [[with good heed]], <span class="bibl">Il.9.504</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> with a case, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> c. gen., [[heed]], [[care for]], οὐδ' ἀλλήλων ἀλέγουσιν <span class="bibl">Od.9.115</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ Κύκλωπες Διὸς . . ἀλέγουσιν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">275</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Simon.37.10</span>; βωμῶν ἀλέγοντες οὐδέν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>752</span>; μακάρων οὐκ ἀλέγοντα θεῶν <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.65</span> : without neg., ψυχῆς ἀ. ὕπερ <span class="bibl">A.R.2.634</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> less freq. c. acc., [[regard]], [[respect]], θεῶν ὄπιν οὐκ ἀλέγοντες <span class="bibl">Il.16.388</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>251</span>; οἰωνούς <span class="bibl">A.R. 1.145</span>: without neg., <b class="b3">νηῶν ὅπλα . . ἀλέγουσιν</b> [[take care of]], <span class="bibl">Od.6.268</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>11</span> (<span class="bibl">10</span>).<span class="bibl">15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>8(7).51</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[count among]], Λύκαισον ἐν καμοῦσιν <span class="bibl">Alcm.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.78</span> (Pass.); <b class="b3">ἐν ἀθανάτοις ἀ</b>. <span class="title">IG</span>14.1389 ii6. (Commonly deriv. from <b class="b3">ἀ-</b> copul., <b class="b3">λέγω</b>, [[count with]], cf. 111.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[have care]], [[mind]], [[heed]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: pres. only; mostly with negation.<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">δυσ-ηλεγής</b> orig. [[who does not care]], [[pityless]], sec. associated with <b class="b3">ἄλγος</b> (Hom.); <b class="b3">ἀν-ηλεγής</b> id (Q. S.), to be read for Hom. <b class="b3">τανηλεγής</b> (Bechtel Herm. 39, 155f., Leumann Hom. Wörter 45; cf. <b class="b3">ἀνηλεγές· ἀφρόντιστον</b>; prob. for older <b class="b3">*νηλεγης</b> < <b class="b2">*n̥-h₂leg-</b>.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [00] <b class="b2">*h₂leg-</b> [[care]], [[mind]]<br />Etymology: No etym., but the structure of the word suggests IE origin, as indicated. Identity with <b class="b3">ἄλγος</b> is semant. improbable. De Lamberterie (EG 2, 150) defends the connection with <b class="b3">λέγω</b>; unacceptable since the laryngeal theory.