λιάζομαι
liazomai
bend, incline
Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λιάζομαι, aor. ἐλιάσθην, Ep. 3pl. λίασθεν Il. 23.879: 3sg. plpf. λελίαστο 4.118 (for Act. v. sub fin.):—A. bend, incline; and so, I. mostly of persons, go aside, recoil, shrink, ἐκ ποταμοῖο λιασθείς Od. 5.462; ἀπὸ πυρκαϊῆς ἑτέρωσε λ. Il. 23.231; νόσφι λ. 1.349, 11.80; ὕπαιθα λιάσθη he shrank beneath his attack, 15.520, cf. 21.255; δεῦρο λιάσθης hither hast thou retired, 22.12; παρὰ κληῗδα λιάσθη ἐς πνοιὰς ἀνέμων, of a vision, disappeared by the key-hole, Od. 4.838: metaph., stray from the straight path, 2.8; in of parting, separating from others, 1.94, 3.827, 1164:—once in Trag., πρός σʼ ἐλιάσθην hastened to thee, Hec. 98 (anap.). 2. sink, fall, πρηνὴς ἐλιάσθη Il. 15.543; λιαζόμενον ποτὶ γαίῃ 20.420, cf. 418; ἐν γῇ l.c. II. of things, ἀμφὶ δʼ ἄρα σφι λιάζετο κῦμα retired, drew back, Il. 24.96; πτερὰ πυκνὰ λίασθεν (for ἐλιάσθησαν) the dying birdʼs thick wings dropped, 23.879; where read λίασσεν it dropped its wings, though the Act. is not used exc. impf. λίαζον they loosened (the cables), 21.
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