εἴλω (also εἰλέω , εἱλέω , εἴλλω , εἵλλω , ἴλλω ; εἱλῶνται is f.l. in Aret. SD 1.2 ), a word whose meanings are traceable to various roots of similar form, v. infr. D. —From εἴλω ( pres. in Hom. only
εἴλω(alsoεἰλέω,εἱλέω,εἴλλω,εἵλλω,ἴλλω;εἱλῶνταιisf.l. in
Aret. SD 1.2 ), a word whose meanings are traceable to various rootsof similar form,v.infr. D. —Fromεἴλω(pres.in Hom. only Pass.
part. εἰλόμενος(v. infr.)), we have Ep.
aor.
A.
ἔλσα
Il. 11.413
,inf.
ἐέλσαι
21.295
, Dor.
part.
ἔλσαις
Pi. O. 10(11).43
:— Med. ,aor.
ἠλσάμην
Semon. 17
:— Pass. ,aor. 2 ἐάλην[ᾰ]
Il. 13.408 ;inf. ἀλῆναι, ἀλήμεναι, 16.714 , 18.76 ;part. ἀλείς,εῖσα,έν
22.308 :pf. ἔελμαι,part.- μένος
13.524
:—forἐόλει, ἐόλητο, v. ἐόλει. —From εἰλέω
Il. 2.294
:impf.
εἴλεον
Od. 22.460
; contr.
εἴλει
Il. 8.215
, Od. 12.210 ; ἐείλεον
Il. 18.447
:fut.
εἰλήσω
LXX Jb. 40.21(26)
, AP 12.208 ( Strat. ):aor.
εἴλησα
LXX 4 Ki. 2.8
, Dsc. 5.87 (ἐν-):— Med. ,impf.
εἰλεῦντο
Il. 21.8
;part.
εἰλεύμενος
Hdt. 2.76
:— Pass. ,aor.
εἰλήθην
Hp. Morb. 4.52
:pf.
εἴλημαι
LXX 1 Ki. 21.9(10)
and Is. 11.5 (s. v. l.), Lyc. 1202 :plpf.
εἴληντο
J. AJ 12.1.9
.
A. shut in(less freq.shut out,εἰλέσθων τοῦ ἱαροῦ let them be shut outfrom the temple, IG 22.1126.48
(iv B.C.)); [Ὀδυσῆα] ἔλσαν ἐν μέσσοισι μετὰ σφίσι, πῆμα δὲ ἔλσαν( Zenod. , v.l. πῆμα τιθέντες ) Il. 11.413 ; ὅτε Κύκλωψ εἴλει ἐνὶ σπῆϊ
Od. 12.210
, cf. 22.460 ; ἔνθα δυώδεκα μὲν μένον ἤματα δῖοι Ἀχαιοί: εἴλει γὰρ Βορέης ἄνεμος μέγας οὐδ' ἐπὶ γαίῃ εἴα ἵστασθαι
Od. 19.200
; ὅν περ ἄελλαι χειμέριαι εἰλέωσιν
Il. 2.294
; εἱλεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, μὴ δυνάμενον ἐκπλεῦσαι
Arist. Mir. 840a33
, cf. EM 298.29 ;εἰς ἄστυ ἄλεν(forἄλησαν) Il. 22.12 ; κατὰ ἄστυ ἐέλμεθα
24.662
; ἐελμένοι ἔνδοθι πύργων
18.287
; νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσιν ἐελμένοι
12.38
;χειμέριον ἀλὲν ὕδωρ pondedwater,preventedfrom flowing away, Il. 23.420 ;ὅσοι πικροὶ . . χυμοὶ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα πλανηθέντες ἔξω μὲν μὴ λάβωσιν ἀναπνοήν, ἐντὸς δὲ εἱλλόμενοι( v.l. εἰλόμενοι )τὴν ἀφ' αὑτῶν ἀτμίδα τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς φορᾷ συμμείξαντες ἀνακερασθῶσι, Pl. Ti. 86e .
2. hinder, hold in check, prevent, ἧστο Διὸς βουλῇσιν ἐελμένος
Il. 13.524
, cf. A. Fr. 25 :ἔλλοψ(as thoughἴλλοψ) is derived fromἴλλεσθαι
= εἴργεσθαι andὄψ
= φωνή by Ath. 7.308c .
3. enclose, cover, protect, ὑπ' ἀσπίδος ἄλκιμον ἦτορ ἔλσας
Callin. 1.11
;τῇ ὕπο(sc.τῇ ἀσπίδι)πᾶς ἐάληhewasentirelycovered, Il. 13.408 .
B. press, as olives and grapes, Paus.Gr. Fr. 155 ;ἀμφὶ βίην Διομήδεος . . εἰλόμενοι huddlingaround him, Il. 5.782 ;ἵππων φειδόμενος, μή μοι δευοίατο φορβῆς ἀνδρῶν, εἰλομένων, εἰωθότες ἔδμεναι ἄδηνhere where menthrong, ib. 203 ; πλῆθεν . . ἵππων τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν εἰλομένων: εἴλει δὲ . . Ἕκτωρ
8.215
, cf. 1.409 , 18.447 , 21.295 ;πόλις δ' ἔμπλητο ἀλέντωνib. 607 ;ἐς ποταμὸν εἰλεῦντοtheywere forcedinto the river, ib. 8 ;εἱλουμένης τῆς τροφῆςthe nourishment beingconcentrated, Thphr. CP 6.11.8 ; θῆρας ὁμοῦ εἰλεῦντα
Od. 11.573
; [λέων] ἰλλόμενός περ ὁμίλῳhard-pressed, A.R. 2.27 ; ἀπωθούμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ περιεστῶτος ἔξωθεν πνεύματος πάλιν ἐντὸς ὑπὸ τὸ δέρμα εἱλλόμενον κατερριζοῦτο
Pl. Ti. 76b
:— Pass. , of crowds,swarm, jostle one another, ἐν ὀλίγῳ εἰλουμένους
Plu. Crass. 25
; of ants, Luc. Icar. 19 .
2. inaor.
Pass. , of a man or animal,contracthis body,draw himself together, Αἰνείας δ' ἐάλη καὶ ἀπὸ ἕθεν ἀσπίδ' ἀνέσχεν
Il. 20.278
;ἐνὶ δίφρῳ ἧστο ἀλείς(huddled up), ἐκ γὰρ πλήγη φρένας
16.403
; of a lion when struck, ἐάλη τε χανών
20.168
; of a warrior, Ἀχιλῆα ἀλεὶς μένεν
21.571
; οἴμησεν δὲ ἀλεὶς ὥς τ' αἰετὸς ὑψιπετήεις
22.308
, Od. 24.538 .
II. without the idea of pressure,collect, ἐν Πίσᾳ ἔλσαις στρατὸν λείαν τε πᾶσαν
Pi. O. 10(11).43
:— Pass. ,Ἀργείονς ἐκέλευσα ἀλήμεναι ἐνθάδε πάντας to assemble, Il. 5.823 .
C. (found only in the formsεἰλέω(εἱλ-), ἴλλω)wind, turn round, σκολιήν τε καὶ οὐ μίαν ἀτραπὸν ἴλλων
Nic. Th. 478
;ἀπὸ δὲ τῶ[ν πετρῶν] ἴλλει ἡ στεφάνη ἐπὶ τὸν λόφον GDIiv p.847
(iv B.C.); νῆα δ' ἔπειτα πέριξ εἴλει ῥόος
A.R. 2.571
;roll,γλῶσσανdub.in Call. Iamb. 1.144 :— Pass. ,revolve, move to and fro, ἰλλομένων ἀρότρων
S. Ant. 340
(lyr.); οἱ ἀστέρες ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ εἰλέονται
Luc. Astr. 29
;περὶ τὴν γῆν ἀεὶ εἱλεῖν ἰών, as etym. ofἥλιος(ἀέλιος), Pl. Cra. 409a ;εἰλέονται ἐπὶ τὸ ὑγιὲς σκέλοςtheypivotorswing roundon the sound leg, Hp. Art. 52 , cf. Mochl. 20 ; of a flame, περὶ δ' αὐτὸν εἰλεῖτο φλόξ
Mosch. 4.104
;κατ' αὐτὸν(sc.τὸν κισσὸν)ἕλιξ εἰλεῖται is twinedround, Theoc. 1.31 ; δαίμων ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παντὸς εἱλουμένη
Herm.
ap. Stob. 1.3.52 ; also of hair on the crown,to be whorled, Ruf. Onom. 13 .
II. roll up tight, [ κῶας] εἴλει ἀφασσόμενος
A.R. 4.181
; τὴν μηλωτὴν εἱλήσας
LXX 4 Ki. 2.8
:— Pass. ,ἰλλομένοις ἐπὶ λαίφεσι furled, A.R. 1.329 .
2. bind fast, δεσμοῖς ἰλλόμενος
A.R. 1.129
, cf. 2.1249 ( Pass. ), cf. S. Fr. 158 .
III. metaph. in Pass. ,ἐν ποσὶ εἱλεῖσθαιto be familiar, Hdt. 2.76 ; οἱ περὶ τὰς δίκας εἱλούμενοι
Max.Tyr. 28.3
, cf. Alciphr. 3.60 , 64 .
D. It seems impossible to derive all the above uses from an orig. sensesqueeze, though most of those under A and B, as well as C. II, might be so explained; but A seems to imply a root meaningbar, cf.ἀποϝηλέω, ἐγϝηληθίωντι, ϝήλημα ̔βήλημἀ, εἶλαρ, and C is to be compared withεἰλύω, Lat.volvo: some passages are doubtful in meaning,μή νυν περὶ σαυτὸν εἶλλε τὴν γνώμην ἀείdo notrollorwrapyour thought round you, or do notconfineyour thought within you, Ar. Nu. 761 ;γῆν . . ἰλλομένην( v.l. εἱλλ-, εἰλλ- ) τὴν περὶ τὸν διὰ παντὸς πόλον τεταμένον
Pl. Ti. 40b
was taken to meanrevolvingby Arist. Cael. 293b31 (cf. περὶ τὸ μέσον εἱλεῖσθαι
Mete. 356a5
) but expld. (omittingτήν) aspacked tightlyabout . . by Procl. in Ti. 3.136
D. ;ἐν δὲ τῇ ταραχῇ(in the churning)εὐρυχωρίης γινομένης, εἰλέεται(sc.τὸ ὑγρόν)ἀποκεκριμένον καὶ θερμαίνει τὸ σῶμαperh.is squeezed out, Hp. Morb. 4.51 ;πρὶν δὲ ταραχθῆναι οὐκ ἔχει ἐκχωρέειν τὸ πλεῖον τοῦ ὑγροῦ, ἀλλ' ἄνω καὶ κάτω εἰλέεται μεμιγμένον τῷ ἄλλῳ ὑγρῷ is driven up and down, ibid.:—νῆα κεραυνῷ Ζεὺς ἔλσας( ἐλάσας
Zenod.
)ἐκέασσεprob.strikingthe ship . ., Od. 5.132 , cf. 7.250 (only here in this sense).
