LOGOI

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ἐλύω

eluo

roll round

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 43 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐλύω · elyō — LSJ

roll round, rolled, rolled up, crouching, coiled, up

roll round (cf. εἰλύω): only aor. 1 Pass., ῥυμὸς ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἐλύσθη the pole rolled to the ground, Il. 23.393; προπάροιθε ποδῶν Ἀχιλῆος ἐλυσθείς rolled up, crouching before Achilles’ feet, 24.510, cf. A.R. 3.281, 1.1034; λασίην ὑπὸ γαστέρʼ ἐλυσθείς coiled close up . . , Od. 9.433; ἔρως ὑπὸ καρδίην ἐλυσθείς Archil. 103.

II wrap up, cover, shrouded

in later Ep., = εἰλύω, wrap up, cover, ἐνὶ κτερέεσσιν ἐλυσθείς shrouded in them, A.R. 1.254; ἐν πηλοῖσιν ἐλυσθείς Opp. C. 3.418, cf. H. 2.89; διὰ φλογὸς εἶθαρ ἐ. A.R. 3.1313.

Where it came from

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