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ὀλισθ-ηρός

olistheros

slippery, hard to catch and keep hold of, liable to slip

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What it meant

ὀλισθ-ηρός · olisth-ēros — LSJ

slippery

slippery, οἶμος Pi. P. 2.96 (metaph.) ; ἂν . . ὀ. ᾖ τὸ χωρίον X. Eq. 7.15 ; λίθοι Id. An. 4.3.6, etc. ; of mucilage, Hp. Acut. 10, 15 (Sup.).

II slippery, hard to catch and keep hold of

metaph., slippery, hard to catch and keep hold of, Pl. Sph. 231a (Sup.) ; τύχη AP 10.66 (Agath.); τὸ ὀ. τῆς διανοίας αὐτῶν Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 22 ; ὀ. ἱκεσίη AP 5.215 (Agath.).

2 liable to slip

liable to slip, πόδες AP 7.542 (Stat. Flacc.) ; ὀλισθηροὶ εἰς πόδας ib. 398 (Antip.) : metaph., πρὸς ὀργὴν ὀ. Plu. Cat.Mi. 1. Adv. -ρῶς, ἔχειν πρός τι Id. Aud.poet. 2.31c.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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