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ἀλέω (A), [α^]: impf.
A.ἤλουνPherecr.10.1: aor. “ἤλεσαId.183,Hp.Fist. 7, Steril.230, etc.; Ep. ἄλεσσα κατ-) Od.20.109: pf. “ἀλήλεκαAP11.251 (Nicarch.):—Pass., pf. “ἀλήλεσμαιHp. ap. Gal.19.76, Hdt.7.23; “ἀλήλεμαιTh.4.26, Amph.9: aor. “ἠλέσθηνDsc.1.120:—grind, bruise, Hom. only in compd. κατ-αλέω, q. v.; ἤλουν τὰ σιτία Pherecr.l.c.; βίος ἀληλεμένος civilized life, in which one uses ground corn and not law fruits, Amph. l.c.; ἄλει, μύλα, ἄλει grind, mill, grind ! Carm. Pop.43: metaph., ὀψὲ θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλαι, ἀλέουσι δὲ λεπτά Poet. ap. S.E.M.1.287.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.23
    • Homer, Odyssey, 20.109
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 1 to Dionysus, 43
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.26
    • Hippocrates, De fistulis, 7
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