πέλω The orig. sense, to be in motion, appears in Hom., κλαγγὴ πέλει οὐρανόθι πρό the cry goes, rises to heaven, Il.; τῶι δεκάτηι πέλεν ἠώς to him came the tenth morn, Od.; γῆρας καὶ θάνατος ἐπʼ ἀνθρώποισι πέλονται old age and death come upon men, Od.:—this sense of motion is plain in the compd. participles ἐπιπλόμενος, περιπλόμενος. commonly to be, Hom.; but generally implying continuance, to be used or wont to be, Il.:—the imperf. in pres. sense, ὀϊζυρὸς ἔπλεο thou wast doomed to be, i. e. thou art, Hom.