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|Definition=ά, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[slippery]], οἶμος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.96</span> (metaph.) ; ἂν . . ὀ. ᾖ τὸ χωρίον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>7.15</span> ; λίθοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>4.3.6</span>, etc. ; of mucilage, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl">15</span> (Sup.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">slippery, hard to catch and keep hold of</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>231a</span> (Sup.) ; τύχη <span class="title">AP</span>10.66 (Agath.); <b class="b3">τὸ ὀ. τῆς διανοίας αὐτῶν</b> Ps.-Luc.<span class="title">Philopatr.</span> 22 ; ὀ. ἱκεσίη <span class="title">AP</span>5.215 (Agath.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[liable to slip]], πόδες <span class="title">AP</span>7.542 (Stat. Flacc.) ; <b class="b3">ὀλισθηροὶ εἰς πόδας</b> ib.398 (Antip.) : metaph., πρὸς ὀργὴν ὀ. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>1</span>. Adv. -ρῶς, ἔχειν πρός τι Id.2.31c.</span>