Plato Greek Lexicon ὀλισθάνω

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 Arist. Pr. 936a15, 939a26, A.R. 1.377, etc., but never in good Att.): fut. ὀλισθήσω LXXPr. 14.19, Nonn. D. 36.458 : pf. ὠλίσθηκα Hp. Art. 57, 65 : plpf. ὠλισθήκειν (v. infr. II.1) : aor. ὠλίσθησα AP 9.125, Str. Chr. 4.8 (p.476 Kr.), etc. ; 3pl. ὠλίσθησαν Nic. Fr. 74.51 (codd. Ath., ὠλίσθηναν cj. Schn.) ; part. fem. ὀλισθήνασα Id. Al. 89: but in classical Att. always aor. 2 ὤλισθον, part. ὀλισθών, inf. ὀλισθεῖν (Hom. 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 . . , S. El. 746 ; ὀ. τῆς χειρὸς ὁ σίδηρος Arist. Mech. 854a19 ; νηὸς ὀλισθών AP 9.267 (Phil.) ; ὐ. εἴσω, ἔξω, of a bone, slip out of the socket on one side or the other, Hp. Fract. 14,37 ; θαυμαστὰ γὰρ τὸ τόξον ὡς ὀλισθάνει slips, loses its force, S. Fr. 960 : metaph., ὀ. εἰς νοῦσον AP 7.233 (Apollonid.); ἐς Ἅιδου IG 14.1642 ; in moral sense, make a slip, Ar. Ra. 690 ; in literary sense, εἰς τερατώδεις ὀ. ἀναπλασμούς Metrod. Herc. 831.5. 2. slip or glide along, ὀ. ἐν τῷ λάβδα ἡ γλῶττα Pl. Cra. 427b ; βέλος διὰ σαρκὸς ὄλισθεν Theoc. 25.230. II. causal, sprain by slipping, ὠλισθήκει τὸν γλουτόν Philostr.V A3.39, cf. Gym. 14. 2. make to slip, τὰς διανοίας LXXSi. 3.24.
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