πλίσσομαι

• cross the legs, as in trotting, εὖ μὲν τρώχων, εὖ δὲ πλίσσοντο πόδεσσιν well they galloped, well they trotted, Od. 6.318:—Act., ἵνα πλίσσωσιν ὁμαρτῇ cj. in Call. Dian. 243; cf. πλίξαντα· διαναβάντα καὶ ἀναστάντα καὶ διαβάντα, Hsch. (πλήξ-cod.).

Of mules, app., to prance along : εὖ πλίσσοντο πόδεσσιν Od. 6.318.

• to cross the legs, as in trotting, πλίσσοντο πόδεσσιν they trotted, Od.; in comp., ἂν ἀπεπλίξατο would have trotted off, Ar.