ἀλέω

A. ἤλουν Pherecr. 10.1: aor. ἤλεσα Id. 183,Hp. Fist. 7, Steril. 230, etc.; Ep. ἄλεσσα(κατ‐) Od. 20.109: pf. ἀλήλεκα AP 11.251 (Nicarch.):—Pass., pf. ἀλήλεσμαι Hp. ap. Gal. 19.76, Hdt. 7.23; ἀλήλεμαι Th. 4.26, Amph.9: aor. ἠλέσθην Dsc. 1.120:—grind, bruise, Hom. only in compd. κατ‐αλέω, q. v.; ἤλουν τὰ σιτία Pherecr.l.c.; βίος ἀληλεμένος civilized life, in which one uses ground corn and not law fruits, Amph. l.c.; ἄλει, μύλα, ἄλει grind, mill, grind ! Carm. Pop. 43: metaph., ὀψὲ θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλαι, ἀλέουσι δὲ λεπτά Poet. ap. S.E. M. 1.287.