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Headword: *)alu/cai
Adler number: alpha,1435
Translated headword: to shun, to escape
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[Meaning] to flee; or to scrape away.

Greek Original:

*)alu/cai: e)kfugei=n: h)\ katacu/sai.

Note:

Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword is the aorist active infinitive of the verb a)lu/skw (which can be used either transitively or intransitively). Latte on Hesychius s.v. identifies the source as Homer, Iliad 8.243; there are other possibilities, in Homer and elsewhere.

Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 June 2000@15:42:07.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 4 July 2002@04:16:45.
David Whitehead (expanded note; another keyword; typo and other cosmetics) on 11 February 2012@05:44:36.
David Whitehead on 14 June 2015@05:16:20.

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