εἰλύω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[wind around]], [[envelop]], [[cover]] (Il.)<br />Other forms: (Arat. 432; [[καταείλυον]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] Ψ 135 for <b class="b3">-νυον</b>, <b class="b3">-νυσαν</b>), perf. med. [[εἴλυμαι]], 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); [[εἰλύομαι]] [[wind itself and curl]], [[sneak forward]] (S. Ph. 291 and 702, [[swarm]] (Com.), aor. pass. [[ἐλύσθη]] [[rolled]], [[ἐλυσθείς]], Theoc. 25, 246 therefor [[εἰλυθείς]]; A. R. 3, 296 [[εἰλυμένος]]).<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 [[ἐλυτρόομαι]] (Hp.); [[ἔλυμα]] [[plough-beam]] (Hes., length sec., s. below), in H. also = [[νύσσα]] (`turning point in a career') <b class="b3">καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον</b>, cf. [[εἴλυμα]]; [[ἔλυμος]] a Phrygian pipe (S., Com.), in H. also [[envelop]]; <b class="b3">ἔλυστα ἄμπελος μέλαινα</b> H. (<b class="b3">-σ-</b> as in [[ἐλύσθη]], s. below); deverbative <b class="b3">ἐλύσσει εἰλεῖται</b> H. - From <b class="b3">εἰλυ-</b>: [[εἴλυμα]] [[envelop]] (ζ 179 etc., cf. [[ἔλυμα]]); [[εἰλυθμός]] [[hiding-place]], [[hole]] (Nic.), ap. H. = [[ἕλκος]], [[τρόμος]] (to [[εἰλύομαι]]); [[εἰλυός]] = [[εἰλεός]] s. v.; [[εἴλυσις]] [[sneaking forward]] (sch. on [[εἰλύομαι]]); [[εἰλύτας]], [[ἐλλύτας]] name of a cake' (inscr., H., [[ἐλύτης]] gramm.; s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 171f.); deverbat. <b class="b3">εἰλύσσεται εἰλεῖται</b> H. (cf. [[ἐλύσσει]]) with [[εἰλυστήριον]] (gloss.). - From <b class="b3">ἀλυ-</b> (zero grade): [[ἅλυσις]], [[ἀλύτας]], s. vv. - S. also [[πέλλυτρον]] 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.). [[εἰλύω]] 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. [[gelu-m]] [[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 [[εἴλυμαι]] < <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) [[εἰλῦσαι]] and [[εἰλυσθείς]] and in the many nouns in <b class="b3">εἰλυ-</b> it was decisive. - Ample discussion (partly diff.) in Solmsen Unt. 232ff.