εἴλιγγος

German (Pape)

[Seite 728] ὁ, = ἰλιγγιάω, ἴλιγγος, Sp.

Spanish (DGE)

v. ἴλιγγος.

Greek Monolingual

εἴλιγγος, ο (Α)
βλ. ίλιγγος.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m., often plur.
Meaning: whirling, whirl-pool (Hp., Pl.),
Other forms: εἶλιγξ (ἶλ-), -γγος m. (D. S. u. a.). ἴλ-
Derivatives: Denomin. verb εἰλιγγ-ιάω (ἰλ-) have whirlings (Ar.); with εἰλιγγιώδης have vertigos (gloss.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Form in -ιγγ(ο)- (Schwyzer 498, Chantr. Form. 398ff.), either direct from εἰλέω turn, wind or through an unknown noun. Initial εἰ- from the present (cf. 2. εἰλέω); a prothet. ἐ- (Solmsen Unt. 243f. as alternative) is superfluous. On ἰλ- for εἰλ- cf. ἴλη. - See 2. εἰλέω. Uncertain is Toch. B wai walau vertigo (two words?), s. v. Windekens Lexique étymologique 150, Sieg OLZ 46, 137. - The word could well be Pre-Greek and have nothing to do with εἰλέω.