ἄλη

A. wandering or roaming without home or hope of rest, Od. 10.464, E. Or. 56 (pl.); θεία ἄ., as etym. of ἀλήθεια, Pl. Cra. 421b; in later Prose, Plu. Mar. 45, Hld. 7.6 (pl.), etc.; in pl., of the blood in fever, Hp. Flat. 8.

2. wandering of mind, distraction, E. Med. 1285.

II. Act., πνοαὶ βροτῶν ἄλαι winds that keep men wandering, A. Ag. 194.