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Headword: Aluei
Adler number: alpha,1427
Translated headword: is perplexed, is beside oneself
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning he/she/it] is sorely troubled, is overwhelmed, is disheartened, is at a loss.[1]
"Stop being perplexed and vexed."[2]
And sometimes a)lu/w [means] I rejoice.[3]
Greek Original:
Aluei: adêmonei, duscherainei, athumei, aporei. aluousa kai aschallousa pausai. kai Aluô to chairô eniote.
Notes:
See also alpha 1428.
[1] Third person singular, present indicative active, of a)lu/w; same glossing in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere (probably Sophocles, Philoctetes 174; cf. the scholia there).
[2] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable as Theodoret (PG 80.1172) on Psalms 41 (42).5, referring to the soul.
[3] See already alpha 1417, and again alpha 1436. According to LSJ s.v., the verb means "to be deeply stirred, excited" with various emotions from grief or despair to joy or exultation.
Keywords: Christianity; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 June 2000@15:22:47.
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Catharine Roth (added note) on 3 July 2002@19:16:31.
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