Εἱλίπους

rolling-footed

Translated by David Whitehead29 Jun 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

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[An adjective to describe] an ox, which is rolling its feet as it walks.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἱλίπους· βοῦς, ὁ τοὺς πόδας ἑλίσσων ἐν τῇ πορείᾳ.

Betacode

*ei(li/pous: bou=s, o( tou\s po/das e(li/sswn e)n th=| porei/a|.

Similarly already in Hesychius, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.424, where the dative plural of the headword occurs (web address 1). See also under mu 1470, and generally LSJ s.v.