ἀλάστωρ
ορος, ὁ
A.
avenging spirit or deity, with or without δαίμων, freq. Trag., A. Pers. 354, Ag. 1501, 1508, cf. Men. 8 D.; ἀ. οὑμός S. OC 788; ἐξ ἀλαστόρων νοσεῖν Id. Tr. 1235; ἀλάστορας ἔχειν Hp. Morb.Sacr. 1; ἀ. Πελοπιδῶν, prov. of utter ruin, Xenarch. 1.3; generally, βουκόλων ἀ. herdsmen's scourge. of Nemean lion, S. Tr. 1092: fem., of the Sphinx, Nicoch. 18; Ζεὺς Ἀ. Orph. H. 73.
II.
Pass., he who does deeds which merit vengeance, wretch, A. Eu. 236, S. Aj. 374; μιαροὶ..καὶ κόλακες καὶ ἀ. D. 18.296; βάρβαρόν τε . . καὶ ἀ. τὸνΦίλιππον ἀποκαλῶν Id. 19.305; ἄνθρωπ’ ἀλάστωρ Bato 2.5, cf. Men. 7D., Pk. 408; Διονύσιος ἁπάσης Σικελίας ἀ. Clearch. 10. (Connected with ἀλάομαι by Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.47.)