- εἰλεός
- εἰλεόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: 1. as medic. expression `intestinal obstruction, Bauchgrimmen' (Hp.; Lat. īleus); rarely 2. name of a vine (Hippys Rheg. [Va?]); 3. `den, hole of animals, esp. of snakes' (Theoc. 15, 9, Ark., Poll.).Other forms: ἰλεόςDerivatives: from 1.: εἰλεώδης `relating to intestinal obstruction' (Hp.).Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [1141] *u̯elu̯- `turn, wind, cover, protect'Etymology: Formation like φωλεός, κολεός etc. (Chantr. Form. 51). Original meaning `winding' (cf. H.: εἰλεός ἡ τοῦ θηρίου κατάδυσις καὶ στρόφος), from εἰλέω `roll, wind' with diphthong (not *ἐ-Ϝελ-ε(Ϝ)ος), explains the meanings 1. and 2. Also the `den' can be combined with `winding'; but εἰλυός (A. R.) like synonymous εἰλυθμός is based on εἰλύω `wind around, cover'. - Cf. Solmsen Unt. 242ff.; -εός not phonet. from -υός. - Is -εος Pre-Greek? (cf. φωλεός).Page in Frisk: 1,456
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.