Ilinx

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Ilinx: [By way of] a rapid whirling or falling movement, a state of dizziness and disorder (Caillois, 2001: 12). Covering a variety of transport … a disorder that may take organic or psychological form. The Greek term for ‘whirlpool’, from which is also derived the Greek word for vertigo (ilingos) (Caillois, 2001: 24).

Iliggos: From the verb Eilo (Εἴλω) or illo (ἴλλω), meaning ‘tiligo’ (τυλίγω), to wrap or coil, and ‘sinotho’(συνωθῶ), to push against. Illo offspring include ‘iliggos’ (ἴλιγγος), dizziness. Iliggos is synonymous with ‘skotodinia’ (Σκοτοδινία), from the verb skotodiniao (σκοτοδινιάω = σκότος + δῖνος) (darkness + whirl/vortex) (Mantoulidis, Etymological Dictionary of Ancient Greek, 2009).
Original languageEnglish
VolumeSpecial Collection: The Vertiginous: Temporalities and Affects of Social Vertigo
Specialist publicationAnthropological Theory Commons
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jun 2022

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