ἀλϜω

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `threshing-floor, garden' (Il.), also `halo' (around sun and moon) (Arat.); also `disk' of sun or moon, of a shield.

Other forms: Besides ἅλως, -ω also - ωος or - ωνος, recent ἄλων

Dialectal forms: Cypr. ἄλουα κῆποι H. (n. pl.?); Cypr. gen. alawo (= ἀλϜω?). Dor. αλος in Sicily, prob. from * alwo-.

Compounds: μητρ-αλοίᾱς `matricide' (A.); Schwyzer 451: 4.

Derivatives: ἀλοάω, ἀλοιάω (Il.) `thresh, slay', epic - οι- for original length.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Maybe from *ἀλωϜη. ἅλως and the Cypr. forms might be from a hysterodynamic noun (type πάτρως) with nom. -ōu-s, acc. -ou-m̥, gen. - u-os; Beekes, Mnemosyne 24, 1972, 350-2. The root could be *sl̥(H)-. If Swed. lō is cognate, we might reconstruct * h₂(e)l-. Wrong Schwyzer 479:7: orig. `round', from PIE. u̯el(u)- `wind', which does not explain the Cyprian forms, nor the meaning `garden'. - Semantically we have prob. to think of a small piece of land near the farm, used for growing fruits and vegetables (garden) and for threshing; from threshing-floor \> disk \> halo; Ure, Class. Quart., 49, 1955, 255-230.

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