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εἴλησις

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ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her

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Full diacritics: εἴλησις Medium diacritics: εἴλησις Low diacritics: είλησις Capitals: ΕΙΛΗΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: eílēsis Transliteration B: eilēsis Transliteration C: eilisis Beta Code: ei)/lhsis

English (LSJ)

Att. εἵλ-, εως, ἡ, (εἰλέω) A eddy, vortex of wind, fire, etc., Plot.1.8.14, EM20.3, Sch.A.R.1.438, Phryn.374; revolution of heavenly bodies, Poll.4.156.

German (Pape)

[Seite 728] ἡ, das Wickeln, Zusammendrehen, Wirbeln, der Wirbelwind, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

εἴλησις: Ἀττ. εἴλ-, εως, ἡ, (εἰλέω) περιστροφή, συστροφή, στρόβιλος, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Α. 438, Πολυδ. Δ΄, 156, Ζωναρ. σ. 629.

Spanish (DGE)

v. εἵλησις.
-εως, ἡ

• Alolema(s): εἵλ- Phryn.375, Poll.4.156, Gr.Nyss.Ep.25.6
I 1remolino, torbellinoβίαιος τοῦ ἀνέμου εἵ. Phryn.l.c., cf. EM α 295, αἱ τοῦ πυρός καμπαὶ καὶ εἰλήσεις Sch.A.R.1.438.
2 retorcimiento, curvatura διπλοῦ ἱμάντος σκολιά τις εἴ. Suet.Lud.15, ἡ εἴ. ἡ τῶν ἐντέρων ἐστὶ χορδή Sch.Ar.Ra.339D.
3 astr. rotación de los cuerpos celestes, Poll.l.c.
II arq. bóveda o cúpula τῆς εἱλήσεως τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ ὀρόφου ἐκ πλατέος εἰς ὀξὺν σφῆνα κατακλειούσης Gr.Nyss.Ep.25.6, cf. 11; cf. εἰλέω.

Greek Monolingual

(I)
εἴλησις, η (Α)
περιστροφή, συστροφή.
(II)
εἴλησις, η (Α)
η θερμότητα του ήλιου.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

εἴλησις: и εἵλησις, εως ἡ солнечный жар Plat., Arst., Plut.