ὀλισθάνω
olisthano
slip, fall upon a slippery path
Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀλισθάνω (also ὀλισθ-αίνω Pr. 936a15, 939a26, 1.377, etc., but never in good Att.): fut. ὀλισθήσω Pr. 14.19, D. 36.458 : pf. ὠλίσθηκα Art. 57, 65 : plpf. ὠλισθήκειν (v. infr. II.1) : aor. ὠλίσθησα AP 9.125, Chr. 4.8 (p.476 Kr.), etc. ; 3pl. ὠλίσθησαν Fr. 74.51 (codd. , ὠλίσθηναν cj. Schn.) ; part. fem. ὀλισθήνασα Al. 89: but in classical Att. always aor. 2 ὤλισθον, part. ὀλισθών, inf. ὀλισθεῖν ( only in Il., in Ep. 3sg. ὄλισθε, v. infr.) :—A. slip, fall upon a slippery path, ἔνθʼ Αἴας μὲν ὄλισθε θέων Il. 23.774 ; ἐκ δέ οἱ ἧπαρ ὄλισθεν his liver fell from him, 20.470 ; ἐξ ἀντύγων ὤλισθε he slipped from . . , El. 746 ; ὀ. τῆς χειρὸς ὁ σίδηρος Mech. 854a19 ; νηὸς ὀλισθών AP 9.267 () ; ὐ. εἴσω, ἔξω, of a bone, slip out of the socket on one side or the other, Fract. 14,37 ; θαυμαστὰ γὰρ τὸ τόξον ὡς ὀλισθάνει slips, loses its force, Fr. 960 : metaph., ὀ. εἰς νοῦσον AP 7.233 (); ἐς Ἅιδου IG 14.1642 ; in moral sense, make a slip, Ra. 690 ; in literary sense, εἰς τερατώδεις ὀ. ἀναπλασμούς Herc. 831.5. 2. slip or glide along, ὀ. ἐν τῷ λάβδα ἡ γλῶττα Cra. 427b ; βέλος διὰ σαρκὸς ὄλισθεν 25.230. II. causal, sprain by slipping, ὠλισθήκει τὸν γλουτόν V A3.39, cf. Gym. 14. 2. make to slip, τὰς διανοίας Si. 3.24.
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