ἰλιγγιάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῑ], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">become dizzy, lose one's head</b>, as when one looks down from a height, ἰλιγγιῶν ἀφ' ὑψηλοῦ κρεμασθείς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>175d</span>; from drunkenness, ψυχὴ ἰ. ὥσπερ μεθύουσα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>79c</span>; ἰ. κάρα λίθῳ πεπληγμένος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1218</span>; ἰ. καὶ χασμᾶσθαι Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.176S.; from perplexity, ἐσκοτώθην καὶ ἰλιγγίασα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>339e</span>; ἰ. ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ λόγου ἀπορίας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ly.</span>216c</span>; ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>581</span>; ἐπί τινι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tox.</span>30</span>; πρὸς τὴν θέαν <span class="bibl">Hld.5.6</span>:—also written [[εἰλιγγιάω]], freq. in codd. of Pl., cf. <span class="title">AP</span>7.706 (Diog.), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>74</span>; ἰλ- Phld. l.c.; [[εἰλιγγιάω]] but [[ἴλιγγος]] acc. to Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>581</span>, Suid. s.v. [[εἰλιγγιῶ]].</span>