πέλω , πέλει, ipf. πέλεν, aor.
ἔπλε, and πέλομαι, imp. πέλευ, ipf.
πέλοντο, iter. 2 sing. πελέσκεο, aor. ἔπλεο,
ἔπλευ, ἔπλετο: a poetic synonym of εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, perhaps originally containing some
idea of motion (versari), but in Homer simply to be,
Il. 3.3, Il.
12.271, Od. 13.60, Il. 5.729; the aor. has pres. signif.
(like ἔφυ in Attic), εἰ δή ῤ̔ ἐθέλεις καί τοι φίλον ἔπλετο θυ_μῷ,
‘and it pleases thee,’ Il. 14.337, Od. 13.145,
etc.