ἀλέα

A. avoiding, escape, ἐγγύθι μοι θάνατος . . οὐδ’ ἀλέη Il. 22.301 (not in Od.); οὐκ ἔστιν ἀ. οὐδὲ σκέπη Hp. Aër. 19: c.gen., shelter from athing, ὑετοῦ Hes. Op. 545.—Ep.and Ion. word. ἀλέα (B), [αλ], Ion. ἀλέη, ἡ, contr. ἀλῆ Androm. ap. Gal. 14.33, cj. in Babr. 18.11 :—warmth, heat, of fire, Od. 17.23 (not in Il.), Jul. Mis. 341c; generally, warmth, or warm spot, ἐν ἀλέῃ γενέσθαι Hp. VM 16, cf. Diocl.Fr. 141; ἐσενεγκὼν ἐς ἀ. Hp. Aër. 8; χρέεσθαι περιπάτοις ἐν ἀ. Id. Vict. 3.68; ἐν ἀ. κατακείμενος Ar. Ec. 541; ἀλέας καὶ ψύχους in heat and cold, Pl. Erx. 401d, cf. Arist. EN 1148a8; πνῖγος καὶ ἀ. Id. Metaph. 1026b34; ἐν ταῖς ἀ. in the hot season, Id. Pr. 939b9: later, animal, bodily heat, Plu. 2.131d, Ael. NA 3.20, Aristid. Or. 48 (24).22; generally, source of warmth, τὸ ἔριον ἡμῖν κόσμος καὶ ἀ. Porph. Abst. 1.21, etc.: in pl., fomentations, Alex. Trall.Febr. 3.