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ἐλελίζω

elelizo1

whirl round

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ἐλελίζω · elelizō — LSJ

whirl round

whirl round, περὶ σχεδίην ἐλέλιξε [τὸ κῦμα] Od. 5.314; ἡ δʼ ἐλελίχθη [ἡ νηῦς] 12.416.

2 move in coils, spires

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. A.R. 4.143; σπείρας ὄφεων ἐλελιζομένη Ar. Fr. 500.

II cause, to turn, rally

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, make, quiver, quake, tremble, quiver, brandished

cause to vibrate, μέγαν δʼ ἐλέλιξεν Ὄλυμπον, of Zeus, ib. 1.530, cf. 8.199; φόρμιγγα ἐ. make its strings quiver, Pi. O. 9.13; ἀστεροπὰν ἐλελίξαις Id. N. 9.19:—Med., ἵππον . . ἀγωνίῳ ἐλελιζόμενος ποδὶ μίμεο Simon. 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 Pi. P. 1.4. (In Hom. ἐλελ- may have been substituted for ἐϝελ- (ϝεϝελ- in ἐλέλικτ

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