2. to strike with a weapon, but never with a missile, Ib.:— c. dupl. acc. , to;n me;n e[lasÆ w\mon him he struck on the shoulder, Ib.; cqovna h[lase metwvpw/ struck earth with his forehead, Od.
3.
to drive
or
thrust
through,
dovru dia; sthvqesfin e[lasse
Il.; and in
Pass.
to go through,
Ib.
III.
in
metaph.
senses:
1.
to beat with
a hammer,
Lat.
ducere
, to beat out
metal, Il.;
peri; dÆ e{rko" e[lasse kassitevrou
around
he made
a fence
of beaten
tin, Ib.
2.
to draw a line of
wall or a trench,
Lat.
ducere murum
,
Hom
.,
etc.
;
tei`co" ej" to;n potamo;n tou;" ajgkw`na" ejlhvlatai
the wall
has its
angles
carried down
to the river,
Hdt.
;
o[gmon ejlauvnein
to work ones way
down a ridge or swathe in reaping or mowing, Il.;
o[rcon ajmpelivdo" ejl
.
to draw
a line of vines,
i.e.
plant
them
in line,
Ar.
3.
kolw/o;n ejlauvnein
to prolong
the brawl, Il.
ejlafabovlo"
ejlafa-bovlo" , on , Dor. for ejlafh-bovlo" .
ejlavfeio"
ejlavfeio" , on , ( e[lafo" ) of a stag, ejl. kreva venison, Xen.
ejlafhboliva
ejla±fh-boliva , hJ , a shooting of deer, Soph .; and ejlafhboliwvn a
ejlafhboliwvn
ejla±fhboliwvn , w`no", oJ , the ninth month of the Attic year, in which the Elaphebolia were held, answering to the last half of March and first of April, Thuc. From ejlafhbovlo"
ejlafhbovlo"
ejla±fh-bovlo" , on , ( e[lafo", bavllw ) shooting deer, Il., Soph.
ejlafoktovno"
ejla±fo-ktovno" , on , ( kteivnw ) deer-killing, Eur.
ejlafo", jELA FOS
jEL ØAFOS , oJ and hJ , a deer, whether male, a hart or stag, or female, a hind, Il.:— kradivhn ejlavfoio »e[cwn1/4 with heart of deer, i.e. a coward, Ib.
ejlafossoi?a
ejla±fo"-soi?a , hJ , ( seuvw ) deer-hunting, Anth.
ejlafriva
ejlafriva , hJ , lightness: levity, N.T. From ejlafrov"
ejlafrov", jELAFRO vS
jELAFRO vS , av, ovn , ( ej-laf-rov" = Lat. lev-is ) light in weight, Il., Hdt. , Att. :— Adv. lightly, buoyantly, Od.
2. light to bear, not burdensome, easy, Il.; ejlafrovn »ejsti1/4 ‘tis light, easy, Aesch ., etc. ; ejnejlafrw`/