ἠλεός

ή, όν, αλε, Adv.
A. distraught, crazed, φρένας ἠλεέ Od. 2.243; in shorter form φρένας ἠλέ (perh. replacing Aeol. ἆλλε, written αλε), Il. 15.128; ἠλεὰ ῥέξας Call. Fr. 174, cf. 173: neut. pl., as Adv., foolishly, AP 7.639 (Antip.), Call. Aet. 3.1.66: Aeol. ἆλλος prob. in Sapph. 35, 110, dub. in ἀλλοφρονέω, ἀλλοφάσσω; cf. ἀλοσύνα (s.v. ἠλοσύνη).
2. Act., distracting, crazing, οἶνος Od. 14.464.
II. ἀλεός [α], is cited from A. (Fr. 410) by Hsch. (ἀλαιός cod.), cf. Hdn.Gr.2.909, EM 59.45; cf. ἀλεόφρων· ὁ παράφρων ibid.: ἀλεώσσειν· μωραίνειν, Hsch.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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