ἐλελίζω
elelizo
whirl round
Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐλελίζω (A), Ep. redupl. of ἑλίσσω (v. infr.), rare in pres., as O. 9.13; impf. ἠλέλιζον , poet. ἐλέλιζον 42, D. 2.525: mostly in aor. (v. infr.):—Pass., impf.h.Hom. 28.9: Ep.aor. ἐλέλικτο Il. 13.558: pf. ἐλέλιγμαι 6.18:—Α. whirl round, περὶ σχεδίην ἐλέλιξε [τὸ κῦμα] Od. 5.314; ἡ δʼ ἐλελίχθη [ἡ νηῦς] 12.416. 2. Med. and Pass., move in coils or spires, of a serpent, τὴν δʼ ἐλελιξάμενος πτέρυγος λάβεν Il. 2.316; ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ (sc. τελαμῶνος) ἐλέλικτο δράκων 11.39, cf. 4.143; σπείρας ὄφεων ἐλελιζομένη Fr. 500. II. in Il. of an army, cause it to turn and face the enemy, rally it, σφεας ὦκʼ ἐλέλιξεν Αἴας 17.278:—in Pass., οἱ δʼ ἐλελίχθησαν 5.497, 6.106; cf. ἑλίσσω II.1. III. cause to vibrate, μέγαν δʼ ἐλέλιξεν Ὄλυμπον, of Zeus, ib.1.530, cf. 8.199; φόρμιγγα ἐ. make its strings quiver, O. 9.13; ἀστεροπὰν ἐλελίξαις N. 9.19:—Med., ἵππον . . ἀγωνίῳ ἐλελιζόμενος ποδὶ μίμεο 29:—Pass., quake, tremble, quiver, ἐλελίχθη γυῖα Il. 22.448; ἐλέλικτο, of a brandished spear, 13.558; ἀμφὶ δὲ πέπλος ἐλελίζετο ποσσίν h.Cer. 183; μέγας δʼ ἐλελίζετʼ Ὄλυμπος h.Hom. l.c.; φόρμιγξ ἐλελιζομένα P. 1.4. (In ἐλελ- may have been substituted for ἐϝελ- (ϝεϝελ- in ἐλέλικτο); cf. ἑλίσσω.)
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