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> [[threshing-floor]], 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, [[any prepared ground]] (cf. Sch.<span class="bibl">Od.1.193</span>), [[garden]], [[orchard]], [[vineyard]], 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> [[halo]], of sun or moon, <span class="bibl">Arat.811</span>,<span class="bibl">875</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[threshing-floor]], [[garden]] (Il.), also [[halo]] (around sun and moon) (Arat.); also [[disk]] of sun or moon, of a shield.<br />Other forms: Besides <b class="b3">ἅλως</b>, <b class="b3">-ω</b> also <b class="b3">-ωος</b> or <b class="b3">-ωνος</b>, recent <b class="b3">ἄλων</b><br />Dialectal forms: Cypr. <b class="b3">ἄλουα κῆποι</b> H. (n. pl.?); Cypr. gen. [[alawo]] (= <b class="b3">ἀλϜω</b>?). Dor. <b class="b3">αλος</b> in Sicily, prob. from <b class="b2">*alwo-</b>.<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">μητρ-αλοίας</b> [[matricide]] (A.); Schwyzer 451 : 4.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀλοάω</b>, <b class="b3">ἀλοιάω</b> (Il.) [[thresh]], [[slay]], epic <b class="b3">-οι-</b> for original length.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Maybe from <b class="b3">*ἀλωϜη</b>. <b class="b3">ἅλως</b> and the Cypr. forms might be from a hysterodynamic noun (type <b class="b3">πάτρως</b>) with nom. <b class="b2">-ou-s</b>, acc. <b class="b2">-ou-m̥</b>, gen. <b class="b2">-u-os</b>; Beekes, Mnemosyne 24, 1972, 350-2. The root could be <b class="b2">*sl̥(H)-</b>. If Swed. [[lo]] is cognate, we might reconstruct <b class="b2">*h₂(e)l-</b>. Wrong Schwyzer 479:7: orig. [[round]], from PIE. <b class="b2">u̯el(u</b>)- [[wind]], which does not explain the Cyprian forms, nor the meaning [[garden]]. - Semantically we have prob. to think of a small piece of land near the farm, used for growing fruits and vegetables (garden) and for threshing; from threshing-floor > disk > halo; Ure, Class. Quart., 49, 1955, 255-230.