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|mdlsjtxt=[[εἴλω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[turn]] [[round]], to [[turn]] a [[chariot]] [[round]] the doubling-[[post]], Il.; so of the [[chariot]] of Day, Aesch., Eur.; ἑλ. κόνιν to [[roll]] the eddying [[dust]], Aesch.; ἑλ. δίνας of the [[Euripus]], Eur.; ἑλ. βλέφαρα Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of any [[rapid]] [[motion]], esp. of a [[circular]] [[kind]], ἑλ. πλάταν to ply the oar [[swiftly]], Soph.; ἑλ. [[πόδα]] to [[move]] the [[swift]] [[foot]], Eur.: absol. to [[dance]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[roll]] or [[wind]] [[round]], as the [[wool]] [[round]] the [[distaff]], Hdt., Eur.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> metaph. to [[turn]] in one's [[mind]], [[revolve]], Soph.; ἑλ. λόγους to [[speak]] [[wily]] words, Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Pass. and Mid. to [[turn]] [[oneself]] [[round]], [[turn]] [[quick]] [[round]], [[turn]] to bay, Il.; of a [[serpent]], to [[coil]] [[himself]], Il.; of a [[missile]], to [[spin]] [[through]] the air, Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[turn]] [[hither]] and [[thither]], go [[about]], Il.:—also, like Lat. versari, to be [[busy]] [[about]] a [[thing]], Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[whirl]] in the [[dance]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> Mid. in Act. [[sense]], with a [[whirl]], like a [[sling]], Il.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> τὰς κεφαλὰς εἰλίχατο μίτρηισι [[have]] [[their]] heads rolled [[round]] with turbans, Hdt.