ἄλυς

See also: Ἅλυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, related to ἀλύω (alúō). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄλῠς (álus) m (genitive ἄλῠος); third declension

  1. agitation
  2. ennui, listlessness

Declension

Descendants

  • Translingual: Basalys

Further reading

  • ἄλυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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