ἰλλαίνω
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
look awry, squint, Hp.Epid.3.1.γ; of the eyes, to be distorted, Id.Coac.214, Epid.4.12:—so also in Pass., ἰλλαίνομαι, Id.Morb.3.12. ἴλλαος, v. ἵλαος.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1251] die Augen verdrehen, schielen, vom Auge, Hippocr.; auch pass., οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἰλλαίνονται, id.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰλλαίνω: βλέπω διαστρόφως, «ἀλλοιθωρίζω» Ἱππ. Ἐπιδημ. τὸ Γ΄, 1066· ἐπὶ ὀφθαλμῶν, εἶμαι ἢ γίνομαι διάστροφος, «ἀλλοιθωρίζω», ὁ αὐτ. 153C, 1122C· - οὕτω καὶ ὡς ἀποθ., ἰλλαίνομαι, 491. 6.
Greek Monolingual
ἰλλαίνω (Α)
αλληθωρίζω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἰλλός «αλλήθωρος» + κατάλ. -αίνω (πρβλ. θερμαίνω, λευκαίνω)].
