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εἰλεός

eileos

intestinal obstruction, Bauchgrimmen

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Where it lives

On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k

What it meant

1. εἰλεός · eileos — Beekes

εἰλεός [m.] 1. as a medical expression ‘intestinal obstruction, Bauchgrimmen’ (Hp.; Lat. ileus); 2. (rarely) name of a vine (Hippys Rheg. [V*?]); 3. ‘den, hole of animals, especially of snakes’ (Theoc. 15, 9, Arc, Poll.). «IE? *uelu- ‘turn, wind, cover, protect’> eVAR ἰλεός. DER From 1: εἰλεώδης ‘ptng. to intestinal obstruction’ (Hp.). *ETYM Formation like φωλεός, κολεός, etc. (Chantraine 1933: 51). An original … — [Beekes, s.v. εἰλεός, p. 430]

2. εἰλεός · eileos — Frisk

εἰλεός (iAeds) m. 1. als mediz. Fachausdruck ‘Darmverschlin- -- gung, Bauchgrimmen’ (Hp. usw. ; lat. 2leus) ; vereinzelt 2. Ben. eines Weinstocks (Hippys Rheg. [V#?]); 3. “Schlupfwinkel, Höhle der Tiere, insbes. der Schlangen’ (Theck. 15, 9, Ark., Poll.). — Von 1. εἰλεώδης "auf Darmverschlingung bezüglich’ (Hp. u.a.). Bildung wie φωλεός, κολεός usw. (Chantraine Formation 51). Eine ursprüngliche Bedeutung “Windung’ … — [Frisk, s.v. εἰλεός, p. 488]

3. εἰλεός · eileos — LSJ

intestinal obstruction, nephritis, jaundice, scurvy, staggers

intestinal obstruction, Hp. Aph. 3.22, Aret. SA 2.6, v.l. (-ειοῖο) in Nic. Al. 597, etc.; distd. fr. χορδαψός, Diocl. Fr. 73; of other diseases, as nephritis, Hp. Int. 44; εἰ. ἰκτερώδης jaundice, ib. 45; εἰ. αἱματίτης scurvy, ib. 46, cf. Lyc. ap. Orib. 8.28.1, etc.; staggers, Arist. HA 604a30.

II lurking-place, den, hole

lurking-place, den, hole, εἰλεόν, οὐκ οἴκησιν Theoc. 15.9.

III butcherʼs block

= ἐλεός, butcherʼs block, Eust. 749.7.

IV vine

a kind of vine, Hippys 7.

In the wild

ἰλεούς · ileous Xenophon, On Hunting 5.16 (DIORISIS sentence 171)

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. εἰλεός (scan p. 430; entry #1918). Root candidates: *uelu-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. εἰλεός (scan p. 332; entry #2299).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. εἰλεός (scan pp. 488-490; entry #1766). Root candidates: *ueli-.

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