ἄλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to wander”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.lɛː/ → /ˈa.li/ → /ˈa.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li/

Noun

ἄλη • (álē) f (genitive ἄλης); first declension

1. ceaseless wandering
2. roaming
3. roving

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́λη; τῆς ᾰ̓́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́λη hē álē
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́λης tês álēs
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́λῃ têi álēi
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́λην tḕn álēn
Vocative	ᾰ̓́λη álē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Εὐρυάλη (Euruálē)

Further reading

• “ἄλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄλη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)