ἀλεείνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], Ep., only pres. and impf. (exc. aor. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἀλεεῖναι <span class="bibl">Man.6.736</span>): ([[ἀλέα]] A, [[ἄλη]]):—[[avoid]], [[shun]], mostly c. acc. rei, θυμὸν ὀπίζομαι ἠδ' ἀλεείνω <span class="bibl">Od.13.148</span>, al.; κῆρ' ἀλεείνοντες <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>96.83</span>: abs., <b class="b3">ὁ δὲ κερδοσύνῃ ἀλέεινε</b> [[evaded]] [my question], <span class="bibl">Od.4.251</span>: less freq. c. acc. pers., ἀλέεινε δ' ὑφορβόν <span class="bibl">16.477</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>239</span> codd.: c. inf., κτεῖναι μέν ῥ' ἀλέεινε <span class="bibl">Il.6.167</span>; ἀλεξέμεναι ἀλέεινε <span class="bibl">13.356</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antim.53</span>:—also in <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[shrink]], ἄψ τ' ἀλέεινεν <span class="bibl">A.R.3.650</span>.</span>