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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">worm. maggot</b> (Il.).<br />Other forms: mostly pl. <b class="b3">-αί</b>. Cf. <b class="b3">εὐλάζει σαπριᾳ̃</b>, <b class="b3">σκωληκιᾳ̃</b> H. One also mentions <b class="b3">ὑάλη σκώληξ Η</b>. supposed to stand for <b class="b3">ὑαλή</b>; it is quite doubtful that this form is cognate.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: For <b class="b3">*ἐ-Ϝλ-ή</b> (Schwyzer 224), but what would be this <b class="b3">ἐ-</b>? (a prothetic vowel is no longer possible, unless one assumes <b class="b2">*h₁u̯el-</b>; but <b class="b2">*h₁ul-</b> would give <b class="b3">ὑλ-</b>). If not with metathesis from <b class="b3">*Ϝελ-ή</b> (cf. to [[εὐρύς]]), which is improbable. Old verbal noun to 2. <b class="b3">εἰλέω</b>, <b class="b3">ἴλλω</b> [[turn]], [[wind]], so pop. <b class="b2">winding, what winds itself</b>. - Cf. [[ἕλμις]]. - The word may well be Pre-Greek.
|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">worm. maggot</b> (Il.).<br />Other forms: mostly pl. <b class="b3">-αί</b>. Cf. <b class="b3">εὐλάζει σαπριᾳ̃</b>, <b class="b3">σκωληκιᾳ̃</b> H. One also mentions <b class="b3">ὑάλη σκώληξ Η</b>. supposed to stand for <b class="b3">ὑαλή</b>; it is quite doubtful that this form is cognate.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: For <b class="b3">*ἐ-Ϝλ-ή</b> (Schwyzer 224), but what would be this <b class="b3">ἐ-</b>? (a prothetic vowel is no longer possible, unless one assumes <b class="b2">*h₁u̯el-</b>; but <b class="b2">*h₁ul-</b> would give <b class="b3">ὑλ-</b>). If not with metathesis from <b class="b3">*Ϝελ-ή</b> (cf. to [[εὐρύς]]), which is improbable. Old verbal noun to 2. <b class="b3">εἰλέω</b>, <b class="b3">ἴλλω</b> [[turn]], [[wind]], so pop. [[winding]], [[what winds itself]]. - Cf. [[ἕλμις]]. - The word may well be Pre-Greek.
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Transliteration A: eulḗ Transliteration B: eulē Transliteration C: evli Beta Code: eu)lh/

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A worm, maggot, the larva of the fly (rarely in sg., AP7.472.10 (Leon.)), different fr. ἕλμινς; Hom. only in Il., of worms bred in flesh, 19.26, 24.414, al.; ὑπ' εὐλέων καταβρωθῆναι Hdt.3.16, cf.4.205, Hp.Mul.1.75, Pl.Ax.365c, Arist.HA506a30:—of common worms, Orph.L.600.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1078] ἡ (von εἴλω? Andere von οὐλή od. αὐλός), Made, bes. die im verwesenden Fleische, gew. im plur., Il. 19, 26. 24, 414; αἰόλαι, wimmelnde, kribbelnde Würmer, 22, 509; Hippocr.; ὑπ' εὐλέων καταβρωθῆναι Her. 3, 16; ζῶσα εὐλέων ἐξέζεσε 4, 205; σηπόμενος καὶ εἰς εὐλὰς καὶ κνώδαλα μεταβάλλων Plat. Ax. 365 c; vgl. Arist. H. A. 2, 6; καὶ σκώληκες Plut. Artax. 16; den sing. hat Hippocr.; Anth. XIV, 149. Von anderen, vielleicht Regenwürmern, Orph. Lith. 15, 91. Vgl. ἕλμινς.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ῆς (ἡ) :
ver, insecte.
Étymologie: R. ϜελϜ, rouler > ϜεϜλ-, Ϝευλ- ; cf. εἰλέω ou εἴλω.

English (Autenrieth)

(cf. ϝείλω): worm, maggot. (Il.)

Greek Monolingual

εὐλή, ἡ (Α)
συν. στον πληθ.
1. σκουλήκι, προνύμφη μύγας η οποία ζει στο κρέας που σαπίζει («ὑπ' εὐλέων καταβρωθῆναι», Ηρόδ.)
2. γεν. σκουλήκι («εὐλάς τε κάμπας τε»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ε-Fl-a, ίσως < Fελ-ή, με μετάθεση. Πρόκειται για ονοματικό παράγωγο του ρ. είλω «στρέφω, γυρίζω, περιστρέφω»].

Greek Monotonic

εὐλή: ἡ, σκουλήκι ή κάμπια, νύμφη εντόμου, μύγας, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ., Ηρόδ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

εὐλή: ἡ преимущ. pl. личинка, (могильный) червь Hom., Her., Arst., Plut.: εἰς εὐλὰς καὶ κνώδαλα μεταβάλλειν Plat. (после смерти) стать добычей червей и диких зверей.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: worm. maggot (Il.).
Other forms: mostly pl. -αί. Cf. εὐλάζει σαπριᾳ̃, σκωληκιᾳ̃ H. One also mentions ὑάλη σκώληξ Η. supposed to stand for ὑαλή; it is quite doubtful that this form is cognate.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: For *ἐ-Ϝλ-ή (Schwyzer 224), but what would be this ἐ-? (a prothetic vowel is no longer possible, unless one assumes *h₁u̯el-; but *h₁ul- would give ὑλ-). If not with metathesis from *Ϝελ-ή (cf. to εὐρύς), which is improbable. Old verbal noun to 2. εἰλέω, ἴλλω turn, wind, so pop. winding, what winds itself. - Cf. ἕλμις. - The word may well be Pre-Greek.

Middle Liddell

a worm or maggot, Il., Hdt.

Frisk Etymology German

εὐλή: {eulḗ}
Forms: fast nur pl. -αί
Grammar: f.,
Meaning: Maden, Raupen (ep. ion. seit Il., Arist. u. a.).
Etymology : Für *ἐϝλή (Schwyzer 224), falls nicht mit Metathese aus *ϝελή; vgl. zu εὐρύς. Altes Verbalnomen zu 2. εἰλέω, ἴλλω drehen, winden, also eig. Windung bzw. der sich windet. Da sich der Ausgangspunkt nicht mehr genau feststellen läßt, sprechen wir von einer Ableitung der "Wurzel" u̯el-. — Vgl. ἕλμις.
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