ἑλίσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or ἐλίσσω (the latter more freq. in codd. of Hom.), Att. ἑλίττω, Ep. inf. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -έμεν <span class="bibl">Il.23.309</span>; Ion. εἰλίσσω or εἱλίσσω ([[εἱ]]. is found in codd. of Hdt. (v. infr.), but κατ-ελίσσειν Hp.<b class="b2">Acut.(Sp</b>.) 37, κατειλίξαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Morb.</span>2.18</span>, al.): fut. ἑλίξω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>711</span>: aor. εἴλιξα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>73a</span> (<b class="b3">εἵλ-</b> codd., but κατ-ειλίξας <span class="title">IG</span>22.204.32); part. ἑλίξας <span class="bibl">Il.23.466</span>, Ion. εἰλίξας <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.34</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">Il.23.320</span>: fut. ἑλίξομαι <span class="bibl">17.728</span>: aor. ἑλιξάμην <span class="bibl">12.467</span>,<span class="bibl">17.283</span>:—Pass.,fut. ἑλιγήσομαι <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Is.</span>34.4</span>: aor.1 εἱλίχθην <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>358</span>; part. ἑλιχθείς <span class="bibl">Il.12.74</span>: pf. εἵλιγμαι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>791</span>, ἐλήλιγμαι <span class="bibl">Paus.10.17.12</span>: plpf. εἵλικτο <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>927</span>; Ion. 3pl. εἱλίχατο <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.90</span>. —The Ion. form is found in Trag. (v. infr., codd. usu. <b class="b3">εἱλ-</b>; but <b class="b3">τ' εἰ</b>.<span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>138</span> (lyr., cod. Med.), cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1314</span>,<span class="bibl">1348</span> (cod. Rav.)), in <span class="title">IG</span> l.c., and codd. of Pl. (as <span class="title">Ti.</span>l.c., ἀν-ειλίττων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phlb.</span>15e</span>); [[ἐπειλίξας]] is f.l. in <span class="bibl">D.23.161</span>. (<b class="b3">ϝελ-, ἐϝελ-</b>, cf. <b class="b3">εἴλω, ἐλελίζω</b> ad fin.):—[[turn round]] or [[about]]: Act. in Hom. always of [[turning]] a chariot [[round the doublingpost]], <b class="b3">οἶσθα γὰρ εὖ περὶ τέρματ' ἐλισσέμεν [ἵππους</b>] <span class="bibl">Il.23.309</span>,cf.<span class="bibl">466</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[roll]], <b class="b3">ἑ. βίου πόρον</b> [[roll]] life's stream [[along]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).15</span>; of the chariot of Day, αἰθὴρ κοινὸν φάος εἱλίσσων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1092</span> (anap.); ἥλιος . . εἱλίσσων φλόγα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>3</span>; <b class="b3">εἰ. κόνιν</b> [[roll the eddying]] dust, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 1085</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ἑ. δίνας</b>, of the Euripus, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>7</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">1103</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἑ. κόρας, βλέφαρα</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>868</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>1266</span>(lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of any rapid motion, <b class="b3">ἅλιον . . ἑ. πλάταν</b> [[ply]] it [[swiflly]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>358</span> (lyr.); of the dance, <b class="b3">ἑ. πόδα</b> [[move the swift]] foot, cj. in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>171</span> (lyr.), cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>215</span>(lyr.); <b class="b3">εἱ. θιάσους</b> [[lead the dancing]] bands, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IT</span>1145</span> (lyr.); ἑ. χορούς <span class="bibl">Stratt.66.5</span>: abs., [[dance]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>234</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>1292</span> (whence <b class="b3">ἑ. τινά</b> [[dance in honour of]]... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>690</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>1480</span> (lyr.)); <b class="b3">ἑ. βωμόν</b> [[dance round]] it, <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Del.</span>321</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[roll]] or [[wind round]], πλόκαμον περὶ ἄτρακτον <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.38</span>; <b class="b3">λίνον ἠλακάτᾳ δακτύλοις ἑ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1432</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">χεῖρας ἀμφὶ γόνυ ἑ</b>. [[clasp]] them round... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1622</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> metaph., <b class="b2">turn in one's mind, revolve</b>, <b class="b3">τοιαῦθ' ἑ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>231</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epin.</span>978d</span>; μῆτιν <span class="bibl">A.R.1.463</span>; <b class="b3">ἑ. κακοὺς λόγους</b> [[speak wily]] words, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>892</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">κόλπους ἑ</b>. [[form winding]] reaches, of rivers, <span class="bibl">D.P.630</span>; ἀγκῶνας <span class="bibl">Id.979</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med. and Pass., [[turn oneself round]] or [[about]] (but in <span class="bibl">Il. 12.49</span> <b class="b3">εἱλίσσεθ' ἑταίρους</b> (as read by Nicanor) [[rallied his]] comrades), <b class="b3">ἑλιχθέντων ὑπ' Ἀχαιῶν</b> [[when]] they [[turned to face]] the foe, ib.<span class="bibl">74</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">408</span>; so of a wild boar, [[ἑλιξάμενος]] [[having turned to bay]], <span class="bibl">17.283</span>; of a serpent, [[coil himself]], ἑλισσόμενος περὶ χειῇ <span class="bibl">22.95</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ δέ τ' ἐλισσομένη πέτεται</b> (sc. [[καλαῦροψ]]) the shepherd's staff flies [[spinning through the air]], <span class="bibl">23.846</span>; <b class="b3">κνίση . . ἑλισσομένη περὶ καπνῷ</b> [[rolling]] with the smoke, <span class="bibl">1.317</span>; <b class="b3">ἑλισσόμενοι περὶ δίνας</b> [[whirled round]] in the eddies, <span class="bibl">21.11</span>; of a river, δίνῃς ἀργυρέῃς εἱλιγμένος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>791</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.1.32</span>; of the waves, τὸ ἑλισσόμενον αἰεὶ κυμάτων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.55</span>; of ocean, ἑλίσσεσθαι περὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>138</span>; <b class="b3">ὧραι ἑλισσόμεναι</b> the [[circling]] hours, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>4.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">turn hither and thither, go about</b>, ἀν' ὅμιλον <span class="bibl">Il.12.49</span>; <b class="b3">καθ' ὅμιλον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">467</span>; <b class="b3">ἑλίσσετο ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα</b> [[turned himself]] hither and thither, doubting what to do, <span class="bibl">Od.20.24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., to [[be constantly in]] or [[about]] a thing, περὶ φύσας <span class="bibl">Il.18.372</span>; <b class="b3">ἔν τινι, εἴς τι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 194b</span>, Porph. ap. <span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span>3.4</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">μέλιτός τε καὶ ἔργων εἱλίσσονται</b> (sc. [[μέλισσαι]]) <span class="bibl">Arat.1030</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[whirl in the dance]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>569</span> (lyr.),<span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span> 1055</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> Med. in act. sense, <b class="b3">ἧκε δέ μιν σφαιρηδὸν ἑλιξάμενος</b> he threw it [[with a whirl]] like a ball, <span class="bibl">Il.13.204</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">τὰς κεφαλὰς εἱλίχατο μίτρῃσι</b> [[have their]] heads [[rolled round]] with turbans, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.90</span>.</span>