ἰλιγγιάω

English (LSJ)

[ῑ],

   A become dizzy, lose one's head, as when one looks down from a height, ἰλιγγιῶν ἀφ' ὑψηλοῦ κρεμασθείς Pl.Tht.175d; from drunkenness, ψυχὴ ἰ. ὥσπερ μεθύουσα Id.Phd.79c; ἰ. κάρα λίθῳ πεπληγμένος Ar.Ach.1218; ἰ. καὶ χασμᾶσθαι Phld.Rh.2.176S.; from perplexity, ἐσκοτώθην καὶ ἰλιγγίασα Pl.Prt.339e; ἰ. ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ λόγου ἀπορίας Id.Ly.216c; ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους Ar.Ach.581; ἐπί τινι Luc.Tox.30; πρὸς τὴν θέαν Hld.5.6:—also written εἰλιγγιάω, freq. in codd. of Pl., cf. AP7.706 (Diog.), Plu.Alex.74; ἰλ- Phld. l.c.; εἰλιγγιάω but ἴλιγγος acc. to Sch.Ar.Ach.581, Suid. s.v. εἰλιγγιῶ.