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πλαγιάζω

πλαγιάζω, to turn sideways

πλᾰγι-άζω, (πλάγιος)
  • turn sideways, τὸν ἵππον Poll. 1.204; in wrestling, throw sideways, Id. 3.155; of ships, π. πρὸς ἀντίους τοὺς ἐτησίας sail athwart the trade-winds, Luc. Nav. 9; dub. sens. in App. BC 5.88.
      • 2 hold aslant, κάτοπτρον Ach.Tat. Intr.Arat. 21.
      • 3 Pass., πλαγιαζέσθω τὰ τρήματα let the holes be made obliquely, Apollod. Poliorc. 151.6; κύλινδρος ἀπὸ τῆς ὀρθότητος -ασθείς Hierocl. in CA 24 p.474 M.
      • 4 lead astray, LXX Ez. 14.5; pervert, ἐπʼ ἀδίκοις δίκαιον ib. Is. 29.21: abs., use tortuous methods, π. καὶ τεχνιτεύειν Ph. 2.432; π. ἢ φωνὴν ἢ πρᾶξιν in word or deed, Plu. Dem. 13.
    • II strike with the flat of the sword, D.C. 40.53 (Pass.).
    • III Gramm., inflect, decline, Sch.rec. S. El. 365.
      • 2 Pass., πεπλαγίασται ὁ λόγος, of Tragic irony, Sch. S. OT 137, 1183.

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