ει109Εἴλλειν
to cram, to press, to squash
[Meaning] to shut in, to hinder. The word [is] old. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "don't always cram your thoughts up inside you." Meaning [don't] shut [them] out, [don't] delay [them]. Hence also the [word]…
Εἴλλειν· εἴργειν, κωλύειν. παλαιὰ ἡ λέξις. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· μὴ νῦν περὶ σαυτὸν εἶλλε τὴν γνώμην ἀεί. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπόκλειε, ἔφελκε. ἔνθεν καὶ τὸ ἰλλάσιν. καὶ ἐν συνθέσει…