ἀλωή

See also: ἀλόη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compare ἅλως (hálōs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lɔː.ɛ̌ː/ → /a.loˈi/ → /a.loˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lɔː.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.loˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.loˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.loˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.loˈi/

Noun

ἀλωή • (alōḗ) f (genitive ἀλωῆς); first declension

1. (Epic) threshing floor

Declension

First declension of ἀ̆λωή; ἀ̆λωῆς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀ̆λωή alōḗ	ἀ̆λωᾱ́ alōā́	ἀ̆λωαί alōaí
Genitive	ἀ̆λωῆς alōês	ἀ̆λωαῖν / ἀ̆λωαῖῐν / ἀ̆λωῇῐν alōaî(i)n / alōêiin	ἀ̆λωᾱ́ων / ἀ̆λωέ͜ων / ἀ̆λωῶν alōā́ōn / alōé͜ōn / alōôn
Dative	ἀ̆λωῇ alōêi	ἀ̆λωαῖν / ἀ̆λωαῖῐν / ἀ̆λωῇῐν alōaî(i)n / alōêiin	ἀ̆λωῇσῐ / ἀ̆λωῇσῐν / ἀ̆λωῇς / ἀ̆λωαῖς alōêisi(n) / alōêis / alōaîs
Accusative	ἀ̆λωήν alōḗn	ἀ̆λωᾱ́ alōā́	ἀ̆λωᾱ́ς alōā́s
Vocative	ἀ̆λωή alōḗ	ἀ̆λωᾱ́ alōā́	ἀ̆λωαί alōaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

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