ἑλίσσω εἴλω to turn round, to turn a chariot round the doubling-post, Il.; so of the chariot of Day, Aesch., Eur.; ἑλ. κόνιν to roll the eddying dust, Aesch.; ἑλ. δίνας of the Euripus, Eur.; ἑλ. βλέφαρα Eur. of any rapid motion, esp. of a circular kind, ἑλ. πλάταν to ply the oar swiftly, Soph.; ἑλ. πόδα to move the swift foot, Eur.: absol. to dance, Eur. to roll or wind round, as the wool round the distaff, Hdt., Eur. metaph. to turn in oneʼs mind, revolve, Soph.; ἑλ. λόγους to speak wily words, Eur. Pass. and Mid. to turn oneself round, turn quick round, turn to bay, Il.; of a serpent, to coil himself, Il.; of a missile, to spin through the air, Il. to turn hither and thither, go about, Il.:—also, like Lat. versari, to be busy about a thing, Il. to whirl in the dance, Eur. Mid. in Act. sense, with a whirl, like a sling, Il. τὰς κεφαλὰς εἰλίχατο μίτρηισι have their heads rolled round with turbans, Hdt.