According to Beekes, related to ἀλύω (alúō). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
ἄλῠς • (álus) m (genitive ἄλῠος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓́λῠς ho álus |
τὼ ᾰ̓́λῠε tṑ álue |
οἱ ᾰ̓́λῠες hoi álues | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́λῠος toû áluos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓λῠ́οιν toîn alúoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓λῠ́ων tôn alúōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́λῠῐ̈ / ᾰ̓́λυι tôi áluï / álui |
τοῖν ᾰ̓λῠ́οιν toîn alúoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓́λῠσῐ / ᾰ̓́λῠσῐν toîs álusi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓́λῠν tòn álun |
τὼ ᾰ̓́λῠε tṑ álue |
τοὺς ᾰ̓́λῡς / ᾰ̓́λῠᾰς toùs álūs / áluas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́λῠ álu |
ᾰ̓́λῠε álue |
ᾰ̓́λῠες álues | ||||||||||
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