Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From the same root as the synonymous ἀλέομαι (aléomai) and as ἀλέᾱ (aléā, avoiding, escape).

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

ἀλεείνω (aleeínō)

  1. (Epic) to shun, avoid, flee (from)

Conjugation edit

The first aorist active infinitive ἀλεεῖναι (aleeînai) is attested once.

Further reading edit

  • ἀλεείνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἀλεείνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἀλεείνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press