1. ὄλισθος · olisthos — LSJ
slipperiness, slippery
slipperiness, Hp. Acut. 58, Plb. 15.14.2, etc. ; ὄλισθον ἔχειν, of ground, etc., to be slippery, Luc. Merc.Cond. 42, cf. Anach. 2, Praxagoras ap. Gal. 18(1).7.
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= ὀλίσθημα, Apollod. Poliorc. 150.2: metaph., ὄ. γλώσσης Plu. Garr. 2.510a, cf. (Max.Tyr. 37.4.
3 snare
metaph., snare, μεθύουσι ὀ. οἶνος Poet. ap. Clem.Al. Paed. 2.2.28.
II an unknown fish with a slippery skin
an unknown fish with a slippery skin, Opp. H. 1.113.