ἀλοάω

A. ἀλοία Il. 9.568: fut. ‐ήσω LXX Je. 5.17, Dor. ἀλοιησέω Tyrt. in Berl.Sitzb. 1918.728: aor. ἠλόησα Ar. Ra. 149, Herod. 2.34 (ἀλοιήσῃ ib.51), part. ἀλοάσας[ας] Pherecr. 65; Ep. ἠλοίησα(ἀπ‐) Il. 4.522, (συν‐) Theoc. 22.128:—Pass., fut. ‐ηθήσομαι LXX Je. 28(51).33: aor. ἠλοήθην Thphr. CP 4.6.5, Plb. 10.12.9, Plu. 2.327a: pf. ἠλόημαι Thphr. CP 4.12.9 (Cod. Urb.):— poet. aor. part. ἀλοίσας (as if from ἀλοίω, cf. Eust. 775.8, Hdn. Epim. 277) dub. l. in Epigr. ap. D.L. 7.31; ἀλοvάω dub. in Glotta 4.202 (archaic Apulian vase):—tread, thresh, Pl. Thg. 124a, X. Oec. 18.2, LXX De. 25.4.

2. thresh, smite, γῆν χερσὶν ἀλοία Il. 0.568, cf. Epigr. l.c.; μηρόν Plu. TG 2; cudgel, thrash, Glotta l. c., S. Fr. 20 (dub.), Ar. Ra. 149, Herod. 2.34; ῥοπάλῳ τινά Babr. 98.15.

3. crush, smash, σκεύη Id. 129.16; destroy, πόλεις LXX Je. 5.17.

II. drive round and round, like cattle treading out corn, Ar. Th. 2 (acc. to Sch.).