εἰλίπους
eilipous
rolling in their gait
Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εἰλίπους [ῐ], ὁ, ἡ, πουν, τό, gen. ποδος· (εἴλω, πούς):—A. rolling in their gait, in (only in dat. and acc. pl., Il. 6.424, 9.466) as epith. of oxen, which bring round their hind legs with a circling or rolling motion, cf. Art. 8; εἰλίποδες, abs., for oxen or kine, 25.131; also of women, having a rolling gait, 161; also expld. sens. obsc., 164, cf. Fr. 154; cf. ἀνελλίπους.
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