εἰλύω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">wind around, envelop, cover</b> (Il.)<br />Other forms: (Arat. 432; <b class="b3">καταείλυον</b> v. l. Ψ 135 for <b class="b3">-νυον</b>, <b class="b3">-νυσαν</b>), perf. med. <b class="b3">εἴλυμαι</b> , fut. <b class="b3">κὰδ δέ</b> ... \/ <b class="b3">εἰλύσω Φ</b> 319, aor. <b class="b3">κατ-ειλύσαντε</b> (A. R. 3, 206); <b class="b3">εἰλύομαι</b> <b class="b2">wind itself and curl, sneak forward</b> (S. Ph. 291 and 702, [[swarm]] (Com.), aor. pass. <b class="b3">ἐλύσθη</b> [[rolled]], <b class="b3">ἐλυσθείς</b>, Theoc. 25, 246 therefor <b class="b3">εἰλυθείς</b>; A. R. 3, 296 <b class="b3">εἰλυμένος</b>).<br />Compounds: Some prefixed compounds: <b class="b3">κατ-ειλύω</b> (Hdt.), <b class="b3">δι-ειλυσθεῖσα</b> [[sneaking through]] (A. R. 4, 35), <b class="b3">ἐξ-ειλυσθέντες</b> (Theoc. 24, 17), <b class="b3">συν-ειλύω</b> (EM 333, 42).<br />Derivatives: From <b class="b3">ἐλυ-</b>: <b class="b3">ἔλυ-τρον</b> [[envelop]], [[shell]], [[container]] (Ion.-Att.) with <b class="b3">ἐλυτρόομαι</b> (Hp.); <b class="b3">ἔλυμα</b> <b class="b2">plough-beam</b> (Hes., length sec., s. below), in H. also = <b class="b3">νύσσα</b> (`turning point in a career') <b class="b3">καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον</b>, cf. <b class="b3">εἴλυμα</b>; <b class="b3">ἔλυμος</b> a Phrygian pipe (S., Com.), in H. also [[envelop]]; <b class="b3">ἔλυστα ἄμπελος μέλαινα</b> H. (<b class="b3">-σ-</b> as in <b class="b3">ἐλύσθη</b>, s. below); deverbative <b class="b3">ἐλύσσει εἰλεῖται</b> H. - From <b class="b3">εἰλυ-</b>: <b class="b3">εἴλυμα</b> [[envelop]] (ζ 179 etc., cf. <b class="b3">ἔλυμα</b>); <b class="b3">εἰλυθμός</b> <b class="b2">hiding-place, hole</b> (Nic.), ap. H. = <b class="b3">ἕλκος</b>, <b class="b3">τρόμος</b> (to <b class="b3">εἰλύομαι</b>); <b class="b3">εἰλυός</b> = [[εἰλεός]] s. v.; <b class="b3">εἴλυσις</b> [[sneaking forward]] (sch. on <b class="b3">εἰλύομαι</b>); <b class="b3">εἰλύτας</b>, <b class="b3">ἐλλύτας</b> name of a cake' (inscr., H., <b class="b3">ἐλύτης</b> gramm.; s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 171f.); deverbat. <b class="b3">εἰλύσσεται εἰλεῖται</b> H. (cf. <b class="b3">ἐλύσσει</b>) with <b class="b3">εἰλυστήριον</b> (gloss.). - From <b class="b3">ἀλυ-</b> (zero grade): [[ἅλυσις]], [[ἀλύτας]], s. vv. - S. also <b class="b3">πέλλυτρον</b> and [[γολύριον]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1140] <b class="b2">*u̯el-u-</b> [[envelop]], [[cover]]<br />Etymology: The gloss <b class="b3">γέλουτρον ἔλυτρον</b>, <b class="b3">ἤγουν λέπυρον</b> H. gives PGr. <b class="b3">Ϝέλυ-τρον</b>, identical with Skt. <b class="b2">varu-tra-</b> n. [[Obergewand]] (gramm.). <b class="b3">εἰλύω</b> can be from PGr. <b class="b3">*Ϝελ-ν-ύ-ω</b> and agree with Skt. <b class="b2">vr̥ṇóti</b> [[envelop]], [[cover]] (IE <b class="b2">*u̯l̥-ne-u-ti</b>); but the Greek word is late and rare which makes the identification less probable, s. below. Disyllabic <b class="b3">Ϝελυ-</b> in <b class="b3">(Ϝ)ελύ-σ-θη</b> etc. (with analogical <b class="b3">-σ-</b>; Schwyzer 761) also in Arm. <b class="b2">gelu-m</b> [[turn]] (formation not certain) and in Lat. [[volvō]]; an iterative formation of it is Goth. [[walwjan]], OE [[wealwian]] <b class="b2">revolve (onself)</b>. Note <b class="b3">(Ϝ)έλυ-μα</b> with the same sec. long vowel as Lat. [[volūmen]]; further Arm. [[gelumn]] [[turning]]. - In the Greek system the perfect <b class="b3">εἴλυμαι</b> < <b class="b3">*Ϝέ-Ϝλυ-μαι</b> (with long vowel; <b class="b3">Ϝ-</b> uncertain s. Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 131 and Schwyzer 649e) was important; both in (late) <b class="b3">εἰλῦσαι</b> and <b class="b3">εἰλυσθείς</b> and in the many nouns in <b class="b3">εἰλυ-</b> it was decisive. - Ample discussion (partly diff.) in Solmsen Unt. 232ff.