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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Compare ἅλως (hálōs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lɔː.ɛ̌ː/ → /a.loˈi/ → /a.loˈi/
Noun
ἀλωή • (alōḗ) f (genitive ἀλωῆς); first declension
- (Epic) threshing floor
Declension
Further reading
- “ἀλωή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀλωή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλωή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀλωή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “ἀλωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press