λιάζομαι

λῐάζομαι, aor. ἐλιάσθην, Ep. 3 pl. λίασθεν Il. 23.879: 3 sg. plpf. λελίαστο Mosch. 4.118 (for Act. v. sub fin.):—

• bend, incline; and so,
• • I mostly of persons, go aside, recoil, shrink, ἐκ ποταμοῖο λιασθείς Od. 5.462; ἀπὸ πυρκαϊῆς ἑτέρωσε λ. Il. 23.231; νόσφι λ. 1.349, 11.80; ὕπαιθα λιάσθη he shrank beneath his attack, 15.520, cf. 21.255; δεῦρο λιάσθης hither hast thou retired, 22.12; παρὰ κληῗδα λιάσθη ἐς πνοιὰς ἀνέμων, of a vision, disappeared by the key-hole, Od. 4.838: metaph., stray from the straight path, Emp. 2.8; in A.R. of parting, separating from others, 1.94, 3.827, 1164:—once in Trag., πρός σʼ ἐλιάσθην hastened to thee, E. Hec. 98 (anap.).
  • • 2 sink, fall, πρηνὴς ἐλιάσθη Il. 15.543; λιαζόμενον ποτὶ γαίῃ 20.420, cf. 418; ἐν γῇ Mosch. l.c.
  • II of things, ἀμφὶ δʼ ἄρα σφι λιάζετο κῦμα retired, drew back, Il. 24.96; πτερὰ πυκνὰ λίασθεν (for ἐλιάσθησαν) the dying birdʼs thick wings dropped, 23.879; where Aristarch. read λίασσεν it dropped its wings, though the Act. is not used exc. impf. λίαζον they loosened (the cables), Lyc. 21.

λιάζομαι

2 sing. aor. λιάσθης Il. 22.12.

3 sing. (ἐ)λιάσθη Il. 15.520, 543 : Od. 4.838.

3 pl. λίασθεν Il. 23.879.

Pple. λιασθείς Il. 1.349, Il. 11.80, Il. 20.418, Il. 21.255, Il. 23.231 : Od. 5.462.

• • 1

    To bend and slip away from danger : ὁ δʼ ὕπαιθα λιάσθη Il. 15.520. Cf. Il. 21.255.

  • 2

    To sink down, droop, fall : πρηνὴς ἐλιάσθη Il. 15.543. Cf. Il. 20.418, 420.

    Of the drooping of a dying bird’s wings Il. 23.879.

  • 3

    To slip or glide away : παρὰ κληῗδα λιάσθη Od. 4.838.

  • 4

    To go aside or apart, retire : ἑτάρων νόσφι λιασθείς Il. 1.349. Cf. Il. 11.80, Il. 23.231 : Od. 5.462.

    To turn aside from one’s proper course : σὺ δεῦρο λιάσθης Il. 22.12.

  • 5

    To part, open so as to afford passage : λιάζετό σφι κῦμα θαλάσσης Il. 24.96.

λιάζομαι , part. λιαζόμενον, ipf. λιάζετο, aor. pass. (ἐ)λιάσθην: turn aside, withdraw; κῦμα, ‘parted,’ Il. 24.96; εἴδωλον, ‘vanished,’ Od. 4.838; also sink down, droop; προτὶ γαίῃ πτερά, Il. 20.420, Il. 23.879.

λιάζομαι = κλίνω

• Epic Dep to bend, incline:
• • Imostly of persons, to go aside, withdraw, recoil, shrink back, Il.; δεῦρο λιάσθης hither has thou retired, Il.; παρὰ κληῖδα λιάσθη, of a vision, slipped away by the key-hole, Od.; ἐλιάσθην πρός σε I came away to thee, Eur.
  • • 2to sink, fall, πρηνὴς ἐλιάσθη, λιαζόμενος προτὶ γαίῃ Il.
  • IIof things, λιάζετο κῦμα retired, drew back, Il.; πτερὰ λίασθεν (for ἐλιάσθησαν) the dying birdʼs wings dropped, Il. deriv. uncertain