εἰλύω

The gloss γέλουτρον (géloutron, “case, pod”) points to an earlier form *ϝέλυτρον (*wélutron), identical with Sanskrit वरुत्र (varutra, “cloak, mantle, upper garment”). Theoretically, this verb could derive from a pre-form *ϝελ-ν-ύ-ω (*wel-n-ú-ō) and agree with Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇoti, “to cover, screen”), but the Greek word is late and rare, which makes the identification less probable. This verb has also been linked to Old Armenian գելում (gelum, “to twist, squeeze”), Latin volvō (“I roll, tumble”) and Proto-Germanic *walwijaną (“to roll”). Note that εἴλῡμα (eílūma) has the same secondary long vowel as in Latin volūmen (“book, scroll, volume”); thus, the verb is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

εἰλῠ́ω • (eilúō)

1. to wrap, enfold, cover
2. (of a lame man) to crawl, wriggle

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• “εἰλύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “εἰλύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
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• εἰλύω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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