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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