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ἐπικλάω

ἐπικλάω, to bend to

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ἐπικλῶσα present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle feminine vocative singular of ἐπικλάω

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ἐπικλάω,
  • bend, in lit. sense only Pass., bend double, ἡ δεξιὰ περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄνω ἐπικεκλασμένη Luc. DDeor. 19[11].2; ἐπικεκλ. τὸν αὐχένα Id. Rh.Pr. 11; ὕδωρ ἐπικλώμενον broken water, Id. Tox. 20; ἐπʼ ἀλλήλων -κλωμένων τῶν κυμάτων Alciphr. 1.1; also, to be bruised, Paul.Aeg. 6.117.
    • II metaph., move to pity, Plu. Per. 37; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς οἶκτον Ael. NA 10.36:—Pass., Th. 3.67; ἐ. τῇ γνώμῃ ib. 59; ὑπʼ εὐνοίης Hp. Ep. 13; πρὸς οἶκτον Jul. Or. 2.90d.
      • 2 shake the resolution of, τινά Plu. Oth. 15:—Pass., ἐπικλασθῆναι τῇ γνώμῃ to be broken in spirit, lose courage, Th. 4.37; τὸ ἐπικεκλασμένον τῶν μελῶν effeminate, unmanly music, Luc. Demon. 12.

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