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ἑλίσσω (ϝελ.), inf. ἑλισσέμεν, aor.
part. ἑλίξα_ς, mid. ipf. εἱλίσσετο, ἑλίσσετο, aor. part. ἑλιξάμενος, pass. ἑλιχθέντων: curl, wind, turn, mid.
intrans., causative, ‘making it roll,’ Il. 13.204; of a serpent
‘coiling’ himself, ἐλισσόμενος περὶ χειῇ, Il.
22.95; savor of a sacri fice curling upwards,
ἑλισσομένη περὶ καπνῷ, Il. 11.317; of turning the goal in a
race, Il. 23.309; then of persons
going around, turning to and fro, facing about and
‘rallying,’ Il.
21.11, Il. 23.320, Il. 12.74.