χάζομαι

[χάζομαι, v. καίνυμαι.]

χάζομαι , subj. χαζώμε(σ)θ(α), imp. χάζεο, ipf. (ἐ)χάζετ(ο), -οντ(ο), fut. χάσσονται, aor. χάσσατ(ο), inf. -ασθαι, part. -άμενος, aor. red. part. κεκαδών, mid. κεκάδοντο: give way, fall back, retire before some one, ἄψ, ὀπίσω, and w. ὑπό, Il. 4.497; φράζεο καὶ χάζεο, ‘bethink and shrink,” Il. 5.440; then with gen., give over, rest from, μάχης, δουρός, Il. 15.426, Il. 11.539. Here belongs the causative κεκαδών, depriving, Il. 11.334, Od. 21.153, 170, unless this form should be referred to κήδω.