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1 ἀλύω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `be beside oneself', from pain, anguish' (Il.).Other forms: only present, except ἀλαλύσθαι φοβεῖσθαι, ἀλύειν H.,Derivatives: Retrograde ἄλυς id. (Hp.). With - κ- ἀλύκη `distress, anguish'; s. also ἀλάλυγξ. - Verbs: ἀλύσκω \/ ἀλύσσω, fut. ἀλύξω = ἀλύω (Hom.). Further ἀλυκ-τέω, perf. ἀλαλύκτημαι (Hom.), cf. Bechtel Lex. s. ἀλύω. - Also: ἀλυστάζω, ἀλυσταίνω cf. Schwyzer 706: 4. Further ἀλυσθμαίνω, ἀλυδμαίνειν.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: ἀλύω is considered an u-derivation of ἀλ- in ἀλάομαι (q. v.) and\/or ἀλέομαι which is an improbable guess. Connection with Hitt. ḫallu- `violence, brawl'? An alternative connection is that with Hitt. alwanza- `subject to wichcraft'; Puhvel gives an improbable reconstruction.Page in Frisk: 1,80-81Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἀλύω
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