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to no purpose, fruitless, βέλος ὠκὺ ἐ. ἔκφυγε χειρός Il. 14.407; ἐτώσια πίπτει ἔραζε [βέλεα] 17.633; τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐ. θῆκεν Ἀθήνη made them fruitless, Od. 22.256; δῶρα δʼ ἐ. ταῦτα χαρίζεο 24.283; useless, unprofitable, ἐ. ἄχθος ἀρούρης Il. 18.104; ἐ. πόλλʼ ἀγορεύειν Hes. Op. 402; ἔργον ἐ. λιπεῖν to leave it undone, ib. 440; ἐτώσια χερσὶ προδεικνύς, i.e. making mere feints, not real blows, Theoc. 22.102: masc., first in Id. 25.236 ( ὀϊστός): fem., Orph. L. 539: neut. ἐτώσιον, as Adv., Id. A. 700; pl., ἐτώσια γηράσκοντας A.R. 2.893, cf. Theoc. 1.38: regul. Adv. - ίως Sch. Ar. Ec. 246.
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groove above upper eyelid, Ruf. Onom. 21. ( κῦλον Hdn.Gr. 1.378; κοῖλα Suid., freq. as v.l., cf. Sch. Theoc. 1.38; but κῠλ- in κυλοιδιάω.)
have a swelling below the eye, have a black eye, κυλοιδιᾶν ἀνάγκη Ar. Lys. 472; have dark rings under the eyes, κ. ὑπʼ ἔρωτος Theoc. 1.38: generally, have a swollen face, Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.27.15, Nic. Al. 478.
toil for money, Pi. Fr. 123.6; ἕλκεϊ μοχθίζοντα . . ὕδρου suffering from the wound . . , Il. 2.723; δαίμονι δειλῷ μ. Thgn. 164; φθειρσὶ μ. Archil. 137; ἐτώσια μ. Theoc. 1.38, 7.48; μόχθους μ. Mosch. 4.44: abs., Orph. A. 1071.