ἄνευ γὰρ φίλων οὐδεὶς ἕλοιτ᾽ ἂν ζῆν, ἔχων τὰ λοιπὰ ἀγαθὰ πάντα → without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods
ἐείλεον: ἴδε τὸ ῥῆμα εἴλω.
impf. poét. de εἰλέω.
see εἴλω.