helissamō

ἑλίσσω
or ἐλίσσω (the latter more frequently in codices of Refs 8th c.BC+, Attic dialect ἑλίττω, Epic dialect infinitive -έμενRefs 8th c.BC+; Ionic dialect εἰλίσσω or εἱλίσσω (εἱ. is found in codices of Refs 5th c.BC+: future ἑλίξω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist εἴλιξα Refs 5th c.BC+ codices, but κατ-ειλίξας Refs; participle ἑλίξας Refs 8th c.BC+, Ionic dialect εἰλίξας Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 8th c.BC+: future ἑλίξομαι Refs: aorist ἑλιξάμην Refs:—passive,future ἑλιγήσομαι LXX: aorist 1 εἱλίχθην Refs 5th c.BC+; participle ἑλιχθείς Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect εἵλιγμαι Refs 8th c.BC+: pluperfect εἵλικτο Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural εἱλίχατο Refs 5th c.BC+ —The _Ionic dialect_ form is found in Trag. (see. below, codices usually εἱλ-; but τ᾽ εἰ.Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπειλίξας is falsa lectio in Refs 4th c.BC+:—turn round or about: active in Refs 8th c.BC+ always of turning a chariot round the doublingpost, οἶσθα γὰρ εὖ περὶ τέρματ᾽ ἐλισσέμεν [ἵππους] Refs 8th c.BC+
2 generally, roll, ἑ. βίου πόρον roll life's stream along, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the chariot of Day, αἰθὴρ κοινὸν φάος εἱλίσσων Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰ. κόνιν roll the eddying dust, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἑ. δίνας, of the Euripus, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑ. κόρας, βλέφαρα, Refs
3 of any rapid motion, ἅλιον.. ἑ. πλάταν ply it swiflly, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the dance, ἑ. πόδα move the swift foot, conjecture in Refs 5th c.BC+; εἱ. θιάσους lead the dancing bands, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, dance, Refs 5th c.BC+ dance in honour of.., Refs; ἑ. βωμόν dance round it, Refs 3rd c.BC+
4 roll or wind round, πλόκαμον περὶ ἄτρακτον Refs 5th c.BC+; λίνον ἠλακάτᾳ δακτύλοις ἑ. Refs 5th c.BC+; χεῖρας ἀμφὶ γόνυ ἑ. clasp them round.., Refs
5 metaphorically, turn in one's mind, revolve, τοιαῦθ᾽ ἑ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑ. κακοὺς λόγους speak wily words, Refs 5th c.BC+
6 κόλπους ἑ. form winding reaches, of rivers, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II middle and passive, turn oneself round or about (but in Refs 8th c.BC+ rallied his comrades), ἑλιχθέντων ὑπ᾽ Ἀχαιῶν when they turned to face the foe, Refs; so of a wild boar, ἑλιξάμενος having turned to bay, Refs; of a serpent, coil himself, ἑλισσόμενος περὶ χειῇ Refs; ἡ δέ τ᾽ ἐλισσομένη πέτεται (i.e. καλαῦροψ) the shepherd's staff flies spinning through the air, Refs; κνίση.. ἑλισσομένη περὶ καπνῷ rolling with the smoke, Refs; ἑλισσόμενοι περὶ δίνας whirled round in the eddies, Refs; of a river, δίνῃς ἀργυρέῃς εἱλιγμένος Refs 8th c.BC+; of the waves, τὸ ἑλισσόμενον αἰεὶ κυμάτων Refs 5th c.BC+; of ocean, ἑλίσσεσθαι περὶ πᾶσαν χθόνα Refs 4th c.BC+; ὧραι ἑλισσόμεναι the circling hours, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 turn hither and thither, go about, ἀν᾽ ὅμιλον Refs 8th c.BC+; ἑλίσσετο ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα turned himself hither and thither, doubting what to do, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.3 metaphorically, to be constantly in or about a thing, περὶ φύσας Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔν τινι, εἴς τι, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 whirl in the dance, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 middle in active sense, ἧκε δέ μιν σφαιρηδὸν ἑλιξάμενος he threw it with a whirl like a ball, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.6 τὰς κεφαλὰς εἱλίχατο μίτρῃσι have their heads rolled round with turbans, Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.