A.wandering or roaming without home or hope of rest, Od.10.464, E.Or.56 (pl.); θεία ἄ., as etym. of ἀλήθεια, Pl.Cra.421b; in later Prose, Plu.Mar.45, Hld.7.6 (pl.), etc.; in pl., of the blood in fever, Hp.Flat.8.
2. wandering of mind, distraction, E.Med. 1285.