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ἑλίσσω
or ἐλίσσω (the latter more frequently in codices of [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect ἑλίττω, Epic dialect infinitive -έμεν[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.309 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect εἰλίσσω or εἱλίσσω (εἱ. is found in codices of [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below), but κατ-ελίσσειν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 37, κατειλίξαι [prev. author] “Morb.” 2.18, +others)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἑλίξω [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 711 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist εἴλιξα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 73a (εἵλ-] Refs 5th c.BC+] codices, but κατ-ειλίξας [[ “IG” 22.204.32)] Refs]; participle ἑλίξας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.466 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect εἰλίξας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.320 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἑλίξομαι [[ 17.728 ] Refs]: aorist ἑλιξάμην [[ 12.467, 17.283 ] Refs]:—passive,future ἑλιγήσομαι [[ LXX.Isa.34.4 ] LXX]: aorist 1 εἱλίχθην [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 358 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ἑλιχθείς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.74 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect εἵλιγμαι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 791, ἐλήλιγμαι 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.17.12 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect εἵλικτο [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 927 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural εἱλίχατο [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.90. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] —The _Ionic dialect_ form is found in Trag. (see. below, codices usually εἱλ-; but τ᾽ εἰ.[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 138 (Lyric poetry, codex _middle_),compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1314, 1348 (codex Rav.)), in “IG” [same place], and codices of 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus (as “Ti.” [same place], ἀν-ειλίττων “Phlb.” 15e)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειλίξας is falsa lectio in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.161. (ϝελ-, ἐϝελ-, compare εἴλω, ἐλελίζω ad near the end)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—turn round or about: active in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] always of turning a chariot round the doublingpost, οἶσθα γὰρ εὖ περὶ τέρματ᾽ ἐλισσέμεν [ἵππους] [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.309,compare 466. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __2 generally, roll, ἑ. βίου πόρον roll life's stream along, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the chariot of Day, αἰθὴρ κοινὸν φάος εἱλίσσων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1092 (_anapaest meter_); ἥλιος.. εἱλίσσων φλόγα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ. κόνιν roll the eddying dust, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1085 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἑ. δίνας, of the Euripus, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 7, compare 1103 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. κόρας, βλέφαρα, [[ [prev. author] “HF” 868 (troch.), “Or.” 1266 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]
__3 of any rapid motion, ἅλιον.. ἑ. πλάταν ply it swiflly, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 358 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the dance, ἑ. πόδα move the swift foot, conjecture in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 171 (Lyric poetry), compare “IA” 215 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἱ. θιάσους lead the dancing bands, [[ [prev. author] “IT” 1145 (Lyric poetry); ἑ. χορούς 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 66.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, dance, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 234 (Lyric poetry), compare “Or.” 1292 (whence ἑ. τινά] Refs 5th c.BC+] dance in honour of.., [[ [prev. author] “HF” 690 (Lyric poetry), “IA” 1480 (Lyric poetry))] Refs]; ἑ. βωμόν dance round it, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 321. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 roll or wind round, πλόκαμον περὶ ἄτρακτον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.34, compare 2.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λίνον ἠλακάτᾳ δακτύλοις ἑ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1432 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χεῖρας ἀμφὶ γόνυ ἑ. clasp them round.., [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 1622. ] Refs]
__5 metaphorically, turn in one's mind, revolve, τοιαῦθ᾽ ἑ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 231, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 978d; μῆτιν 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.463 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. κακοὺς λόγους speak wily words, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 892. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 κόλπους ἑ. form winding reaches, of rivers, [[ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 630; ἀγκῶνας [prev. author] 979. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II middle and passive, turn oneself round or about (but in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.49 εἱλίσσεθ᾽ ἑταίρους (as read by Nicanor)] Refs 8th c.BC+] rallied his comrades), ἑλιχθέντων ὑπ᾽ Ἀχαιῶν when they turned to face the foe, [[[prev. work] 74, compare 408 ] Refs]; so of a wild boar, ἑλιξάμενος having turned to bay, [[ 17.283 ] Refs]; of a serpent, coil himself, ἑλισσόμενος περὶ χειῇ [[ 22.95 ] Refs]; ἡ δέ τ᾽ ἐλισσομένη πέτεται (i.e. καλαῦροψ) the shepherd's staff flies spinning through the air, [[ 23.846 ] Refs]; κνίση.. ἑλισσομένη περὶ καπνῷ rolling with the smoke, [[ 1.317 ] Refs]; ἑλισσόμενοι περὶ δίνας whirled round in the eddies, [[ 21.11 ] Refs]; of a river, δίνῃς ἀργυρέῃς εἱλιγμένος [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 791, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.32 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the waves, τὸ ἑλισσόμενον αἰεὶ κυμάτων [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ocean, ἑλίσσεσθαι περὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 138 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὧραι ἑλισσόμεναι the circling hours, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 turn hither and thither, go about, ἀν᾽ ὅμιλον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.49; καθ᾽ ὅμιλον [prev. work] 467 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἑλίσσετο ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα turned himself hither and thither, doubting what to do, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.24. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.3 metaphorically, to be constantly in or about a thing, περὶ φύσας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.372 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔν τινι, εἴς τι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 194b, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 3.4: with _genitive_, μέλιτός τε καὶ ἔργων εἱλίσσονται (i.e. μέλισσαι) 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 1030. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 whirl in the dance, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 569 (Lyric poetry), “IA” 1055 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 middle in active sense, ἧκε δέ μιν σφαιρηδὸν ἑλιξάμενος he threw it with a whirl like a ball, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.204. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.6 τὰς κεφαλὰς εἱλίχατο μίτρῃσι have their heads rolled round with turbans, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.90. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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