wander, stray, roam
wander, stray, roam, [ἔλαφοι] αὔτως ἠλάσκουσαι ἀνάλκιδες Il. 13.104; [μυῖαι] κατὰ σταθμὸν ποιμνήϊον ἠλάσκουσιν 2.470; of persons, Emp. 121.4, D.P. 675.
The corpus record
ἠλάσκω
elasko
wander, stray, roam
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Where it lives
- Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ἠλάσκουσαι · ēlaskousai Iliad 13.104
- ἠλάσκουσιν · ēlaskousin Iliad 2.470
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἠλάσκω (scan p. 561; entry #2443).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἠλάσκω (scan p. 423; entry #2985).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἠλάσκω (scan pp. 660-661; entry #2320).