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ἀλύω , Att. ἁλύω acc. to Suid., cf. Eust.1636.28, Aeol. ἀλυίω EM 254.16; only pres. and impf.; Poet. (rare in Com.) and late Prose:—
A.to be deeply stirred, excited:
1. from grief, to be distraught, beside oneself, “ἡ δ᾽ ἀλύουσ᾽ ἀπεβήσετο” Il.5.352; “δινεύεσκ᾽ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖνα” 24.12; “ἀλύων” in mad passion, Od.9.398; “ἐᾶτέ μ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἀλύειν” S.El.135; “τί χρῆμ᾽ ἀλύω;” E.Or.277, etc.
2. from perplexity or despair, to be at a loss, perplexed, “ἀλύει δ᾽ ἐπὶ παντί” S.Ph.174; ἀλύοντα χειμερίῳ λύπᾳ ib.1194; “ἐν πόνοις ἀλύουσαν” Id.OT695; “οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δ᾽ ἀλύομεν” are at our wit's end, Alex.116.13; “ἄλλως ἀλύει” is wasting her pains, Men.Epit.342; “ψυχὴ ἀ. διὰ τὴν ἀπορίαν” Plu.Brut.15.
3. to be weary, ennuyé, “ἐπὶ τῶν συμποσίων” Metrod.Herc.831.13, cf. Plu.2.965a, Ael.VH14.12.
4. to be fretful, restless, Hp.Epid.1.26.ά, Men.Epit.Fr.4, Gal.18(1).167.
5. struggle, kick, “τῶν σκελῶν ἀλυόντων” Hld.10.30.
6. from joy or exultation (rarely), to be beside oneself, Od.18.333, A.Th.391, cf. Jac.APp.760.
II. later, wander, roam about, Plb.26,1.1, Luc.DMar.13.1, Plu.TG21; lounge idly, Babr.9.[11].
III. trans., “μετὰ φρεσὶν ἄχθος ἀλύει” Opp.H. 4.195. [υ^Hom., except at the end of the verse, Od.9.398, as A.R. 3.866; ἀλυ?οντες in 4th foot, Emp.145, Opp.H.4.195; υ_ always in Trag.]
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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