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ὀλισθάνω

olisthano

to slide, slip, glide

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1. ὀλισθάνω · olisthanō — Beekes

ὀλισθάνω [v.] ‘to slide, slip, glide’ (Att.). «1 *h,lid'-, *h,slid’- ‘glide’> VAR -aivw (Arist. Hell.), aor. ὀλισθ-εῖν (IL), -ῆσαι (Hp., Hell.), -ῆναι (Nic.), asg. ὦλισθας (epigr. I*-I?), fut. ὀλισθήσω (Hell.), perf. ὠλίσθηκα (Hp.). *COMP Often with prefix, e.g. ἀπ-, δι-, ἐξ-, kat-, ὑτι-. ὄλλυμι, -μαι 1069 *DER 1. Verbal nouns: ὀλίσθ-ημα [n.] ‘fall, sprain’ (Hp. Pl.), -ησις (also an-, xat-, nept-) [f.] ‘slipping, … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀλισθάνω, p. 1119]

2. ὀλισθάνω · olisthanō — Chantraine

ὀλισθάνω : att., -αἰνω (Arist., hellén. et tardif); la forme la plus ancienne est l'aoriste ὥλισθον (Hom., ion.- att., etc.), avec 2e sg. indic. ὥλισθας (épigr. environs de l'ère chrétienne, d'après les aor. sigmatiques) ; ὀλισθῇσαι, δον, sigmatique (hellén.) avec le fut. ὀλισθήσω (hellén., etc.), et le parf. ὠλίσθηκα (Hp., ete.); sur le présent en -άνω, -αἰνω, ὀλισθήνασα partic. δον, fém. (Nic. Al. 89), d'où la … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀλισθάνω, p. 809]

3. ὀλισθ-άνω · olisth-anō — LSJ

slip, fall upon a slippery path, fell from, he slipped, slip out of the socket, slips, loses its force, make a slip

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 mora

2 slip, glide along

slip or glide along, ὀ. ἐν τῷ λάβδα ἡ γλῶττα Pl. Cra. 427b ; βέλος διὰ σαρκὸς ὄλισθεν Theoc. 25.230.

II sprain by slipping

causal, sprain by slipping, ὠλισθήκει τὸν γλουτόν Philostr. VA 3.39, cf. Gym. 14.

2 make to slip

make to slip, τὰς διανοίας LXX Si. 3.24.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὀλισθάνω (scan pp. 1119-1120; entry #4513).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀλισθάνω (scan p. 809; entry #5865). Root candidates: *sleidh-, *sloidho-.

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