COMPOUND: εἰλίπους, -πουν
CATEGORIZATION: A [V+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘rolling in their gait’, as epith. of oxen which ‘bring round their hind legs with a circling or rolling motion’
ETYMOLOGY: verbal root εἴλ- (εἴλω) ‘roll’ + πούς ‘foot’ + adj. suf. -ος -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. VI, 424; IX, 466; XV, 547; XXI, 448; XXIII, 166; Od. I, 92; IV, 320; VIII, 60; IX, 46; XVI, 488
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. m. sg., acc. m. pl., dat. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (V-argument)- tatpuruṣa (V-governing) / attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: linking element -ι-