κυλίω
kylio
roll
Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κυλίω [ῑ], later form of κυλίνδω: (προσ-) κύλιε V. 202, (ἀνα-) κυλῖον 116:—A. roll along, γαστέρας αἱμοβόρως ἐκύλιον, of serpents, 24.18; κυλίουσιν [ἀλλήλους] ἐν τῷ πηλῷ Anach. 6; λόγοις τοὺς ῥήτορας κ. rolling them over, 294 codd.: freq. in later Gr., Jo. 10.18, al.: metaph., ἐκ κισσηρεφέος κεφαλῆς εὔϋμνα κυλίων ῥήματα Epigr.in Berl.Sitzb. 1912.548:—Pass., roll, whirl along, Cael. 290a25, al.; of bees, grovel, HA 625b5; πρὸς τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ γόνασι κυλιομένην 8.39; κ. περὶ τὴν ἀγοράν to be always loitering there, Pol. 1319a29; roll about, in pantomime, Po. 1461b31. 2. roll up, ἣν κυλίουσι κόπρον (sc. κάνθαροι) HA 552a17.
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