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ἐλινύω

ἐλινύω, to keep holiday, to take rest, be at rest, keep quiet, stand idle

ἐλῑνύω, Hdt. 1.67, Hp. Acut. 47, A. Pr. 53: impf. ἐλίνυον Hdt. 8.71, ἠλ- App. Mith. 43; Ion. ἐλινύεσκον A.R. 1.589: fut. -ύσω [ῡ] Pi. N. 5.1, I. 2.46: aor. ἐλίνῡσα Hdt. 7.56, A. Pr. 529 (lyr.), etc.:—
  • Poet. and Ion. Verb, also used in Trag. and late Prose (as Plu. Num. 14), keep holiday, take rest, repose, freq. in Hp., as Acut. 47; μὴ ἐλινύειν Hdt. 1.67; διέβη ὁ στρατὸς . . ἐλινύσας οὐδένα χρόνον without any cessation, Id. 7.56; ἐλινύσοντα . . ἀγάλματα to stand unmoved on their pedestals, Pi. N. 5.1, cf. I. 2.46; ὡς μή σʼ ἐλινύοντα προσδερχθῇ πατήρ see thee standing idle, A. Pr. 53; οὐκ ἐλινύειν ἐχρῆν Ar. Th. 598; ἐ. μίαν ἡμέραν Orac. ap. D. 21.53.
      • 2 c. gen. rei, rest from, πλήθεος βρώμης Hp. Acut. 47 (v.l.<ἐκ>) ; ἔργων D.H. 1.33.
      • 3 c. part., rest or cease from doing, ἐλίνυον οὐδένα χρόνον . . ἐργαζόμενοι Hdt. 8.71, cf. A. Pr. 529 (lyr.), Call. Cer. 48, Fr. 248. [υ of the impf. short in A.R. 1.862, long ib. 589, indeterminate in Trag.] (Written ἐλιννύω in some codd.)

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