ἐξολισθάνω

ἐξολισθάνω, later ἐξολισθ-αίνω Epicur. Ep. 2 p.45 U., Sm. Ps. 35(36).3: aor. 2 -ώλισθον:—

• glide off, slip away, ἐκ δέ οἱ ἧπαρ ὄλισθεν Il. 20.470; glance off, as a spear-point from a hard substance, E. Ph. 1383; αὐτῶν away from them, Arist. HA 590b17; of leaves, drop off, Ael. NA 12.18; slip out, escape, Hippon. 37, Ar. Pax 141; of things, Epicur. l.c., Fr. 383 bis; of a bandage, Diocl. Fr. 188; ἐ. εἰς ἡδονάς slip imperceptibly into . ., Hdn. 1.3.1: c. acc., slip out of, διαβολάς Ar. Eq. 491; ὡς μήποτʼ ἐξολίσθῃ ἡμᾶς slip from our memory, Id. Ec. 286.