The corpus record

ἰλιγγ-ιάω

iliggiao

become dizzy, lose oneʼs head

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Where it lives

Gorgias 2 · 0.76/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

ἰλιγγ-ιάω · iling-iaō — LSJ

become dizzy, lose oneʼs head

become dizzy, lose oneʼs head, as when one looks down from a height, ἰλιγγιῶν ἀφʼ ὑψηλοῦ κρεμασθείς Pl. Tht. 175d; from drunkenness, ψυχὴ ἰ. ὥσπερ μεθύουσα Id. Phd. 79c; ἰ. κάρα λίθῳ πεπληγμένος Ar. Ach. 1218; ἰ. καὶ χασμᾶσθαι Phld. Rh. 2.176S.; from perplexity, ἐσκοτώθην καὶ ἰλιγγίασα Pl. Prt. 339e; ἰ. ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ λόγου ἀπορίας Id. Ly. 216c; ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους Ar. Ach. 581; ἐπί τινι Luc. Tox. 30; πρὸς τὴν θέαν Hld. 5.6:—also written εἰλιγγιάω, freq. in codd. of Pl., cf. AP 7.706 (Diog.), Plu. Alex.

In the wild

ἰλιγγίασε · ilingiase Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.7 (DIORISIS sentence 6804)
ἰλιγγιάσαντα · ilingiasanta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.7 (DIORISIS sentence 6802)
ἰλιγγιᾶν · ilingian Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.17.9 (DIORISIS sentence 115)
ἰλιγγιᾶν · ilingian Plato, Epistles 325
ἰλιγγιῴης · ilingiōiēs Plato, Gorgias 486
ἰλιγγιάσεις · ilingiaseis Plato, Gorgias 527

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