- πέλω
- πέλω, πέλει, ipf. πέλεν, aor. ἔπλε, and πέλομαι, imp. πέλευ, ipf. πέλοντο, iter. 2 sing. πελέσκεο, aor. ἔπλεο, ἔπλευ, ἔπλετο: a poetic synonym of εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, perhaps originally containing some idea of motion (versari), but in Homer simply to be, Il. 3.3, Il. 12.271, Od. 13.60, Il. 5.729; the aor. has pres. signif. (like ἔφυ in Attic), εἰ δή ἐθέλεις καί τοι φίλον ἔπλετο θῦμῷ, ‘and it pleases thee,’ Il. 14.337, Od. 13.145, etc.
A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό). 2010.