αἰόλλω · aiollō — LSJ
to shift rapidly to and fro
to shift rapidly to and fro, ὡς δʼ ὅτε γαστέρʼ ἀνὴρ . . αἰόλλῃ Od. 20.27.
II variegate, shift colour
variegate, Nic. Th. 155:—Pass., shift colour, ὄμφακες αἰόλλονται Hes. Sc. 399.
The corpus record
αἰόλλω
aiollo
to shift rapidly to and fro
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Where it lives
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- αἰόλλονται · aiollontai Shield of Heracles 393–400
- αἰόλλῃ · aiollēi Odyssey 20.27
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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