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Headword: *)alewrh/
Adler number: alpha,1141
Translated headword: escape, haven
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] avoidance and protection.[1]
"Many died from the winter snow. And there was no escape [a)lewra/] of any kind, with each thinking it sufficient to save themselves [sc. and ignoring the rest]".[2]
Greek Original:
*)alewrh/: e)/kklisis kai\ fulakh/. polloi\ de\ u(po\ xio/nos a)pe/qanon. kai\ ou)d' h(tisou=n a)lewra\ h)=n, e(ka/stwn e(autou\s diasw/|zein i(kano\n h(goume/nwn.
Notes:
[1] Similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 12.57, where the headword noun occurs in the accusative case.
[2] Arrian, Parthica p.17 Roos (but not an actual numbered fragment there); it includes the headword in the form a)lewra/.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; historiography; history
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 May 2000@11:55:24.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; added note and keyword) on 28 January 2001@05:36:22.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword) on 15 June 2001@09:15:05.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks) on 7 February 2011@10:48:57.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 3 February 2012@09:09:13.
David Whitehead on 30 May 2015@07:56:09.

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