I.to roll up, pack close, Lat. conglobare, κατὰ τείχεα λαὸν ἐέλσαι to roll up the host and force it back to the walls, Il.; Ἀχαιοὺς ἐπὶ πρύμνηισιν ἐείλεον id=Il.; εἰλεῖν ἐν μέσσοισι to coop up or hem in on all sides, id=Il.; θῆρας ὁμοῦ εἰλεῖν to drive game together, Od.:—Pass. to be cooped or huddled up, εἰς ἄστυ ἄλεν (for ἄλησαν) id=Od.; νηυσὶν ἐπὶ γλαφυρῆισιν ἐελμένοι id=Od.:—metaph., Διὸς βουλῆισιν ἐελμένος straitened, held in check by the counsels of Zeus, id=Od.
III.Pass., also, to draw oneself up, shrink up, ἀλῆναι ὑπ᾽ ἀσπίδι id=Il.; Ἀχιλῆα ἀλεὶς μένεν collecting himself he waited the attack of Achilles, id=Il.
IV.Pass. also, to go to and fro, like Lat. versari, Hdt.