εἰλύω

A. εἰλυμένα Th. 754).]:—enfold, enwrap, Act. once in Hom., κὰδ δέ μιν αὐτὸν εἰλύσω ψαμάθοισι Il. 21.319; ὀλίγη δέ μιν εἰλύει ἀχλύς Arat. l. c.:—Pass., to be wrapped, covered, βοέῃς εἰλυμένω ὤμους Il. 17.492; εἰλυμένοι αἴθοπι χαλκῷ 18.522; νεφέλῃ εἰλυμένος ὤμους 5.186; αἵματι καὶ κονίῃσιν εἴλυτο 16.640; εἴλυτο δὲ πάνθ’ ἁλὸς ἄχνῃ Od. 5.403; νυκτὶ μὲν ὑμέων εἰλύαται κεφαλαί 20.352, cf. Il. 12.286.

II. Pass., after Hom., = ἰλυσπάομαι, crawl, wriggle along, of a lame man, εἰλυόμην δύστηνον ἐξέλκων πόδα S. Ph. 291; εἰλυόμενος, παῖς ἄτερ ὡς . . τιθήνας ib.702; of a shoal of fish, Metag. 6.4.

2. in Theoc. 25.246 εἰλυθείς is used like ἐλυσθείς in Hom., rolled up, crouching; but εἰλυμένος is part. of ἐλύω (q. v.) in A.R. 3.296.