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μεθορμίζω

methormizo

remove from one anchorage to another

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μεθορμίζω · methormizō — LSJ

remove from one anchorage to another, to seek a refuge, sail from one place to another, put out from

remove from one anchorage to another, intr. (sc. νέας), μ. εἰς Σηστόν X. HG 2.1.25; μ. σκάφος Iamb. VP 3.17: metaph., τοῦ νῦν σκυθρωποῦ . . μεθορμιεῖ σε E. Alc. 798; ἐξ ἕδρας μεθώρμισα [πλόκαμον] Id. Ba. 931:—Med., μεθορμίσασθαι μόχθων πάρα to seek a refuge from . . , Id. Med. 442 (lyr.), cf. 258; sail from one place to another, put out from, μετορμίζεσθαι ἐκ (or ἀπό) . . ἐς . . Hdt. 2.115, 7.183, cf. Th. 6.88: metaph., πρὸς εὐσέβειαν cj. in Ph. 2.219.

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