ἀλύω

A. to be deeply stirred, excited:

1. from grief, to be distraught, beside oneself, ἡ δ’ ἀλύουσ’ ἀπεβήσετο Il. 5.352; δινεύεσκ’ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖνα 24.12; ἀλύων in mad passion, Od. 9.398; ἐᾶτέ μ’ ὧδ’ ἀλύειν S. El. 135; τί χρῆμ’ ἀλύω; E. Or. 277, etc.

2. from perplexity or despair, to be at a loss, perplexed, ἀλύει δ’ ἐπὶ παντί S. Ph. 174; ἀλύοντα χειμερίῳ λύπᾳ ib.1194; ἐν πόνοις ἀλύουσαν Id. OT 695; οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δ’ ἀλύομεν are at our wit's end, Alex. 116.13; ἄλλως ἀλύει is wasting her pains, Men. Epit. 342; ψυχὴ ἀ. διὰ τὴν ἀπορίαν Plu. Brut. 15.

3. to be weary, ennuyé, ἐπὶ τῶν συμποσίων Metrod. Herc. 831.13, cf. Plu. 2.965a, Ael. VH 14.12.

4. to be fretful, restless, Hp. Epid. 1.26.ά, Men. Epit.Fr. 4, Gal. 18(1).167.

5. struggle, kick, τῶν σκελῶν ἀλυόντων Hld. 10.30.

6. from joy or exultation (rarely), to be beside oneself, Od. 18.333, A. Th. 391, cf. Jac.AP p.760.

II. later, wander, roam about, Plb. 26,1.1, Luc. DMar. 13.1, Plu. TG 21; lounge idly, Babr. 9.[11].

III. trans., μετὰ φρεσὶν ἄχθος ἀλύει Opp. H. 4.195. [υ Hom., except at the end of the verse, Od. 9.398, as A.R. 3.866; ἀλύοντες in 4th foot, Emp. 145, Opp. H. 4.195; υ always in Trag.]