ἐπικλάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bend</b>, in lit. sense only Pass., <b class="b2">bend double</b>, <b class="b3">ἡ δεξιὰ περὶ</b> τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄνω ἐπικεκλασμένη <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>11.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπικεκλ. τὸν</b> αὐχένα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">ὕδωρ ἐπικλώμενον</b> <b class="b2">broken</b> water, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tox.</span>20</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ'</b> ἀλλήλων -κλωμένων τῶν κυμάτων <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.1</span>; also, <b class="b2">to be bruised</b>, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.117</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span>. metaph., <b class="b2">move to pity</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>37</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὰ</b> εἰς ὀ̄ικτον <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>10.36</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Th.3.67</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τῇ γνώμῃ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">59</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπ'</b> εὐνοίης <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>13</span>; πρὸς ὀ̄ικτον <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.90d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. <b class="b2">shake the resolution</b> <b class="b2">of</b>, τινά <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Oth.</span>15</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἐπικλασθῆναι τῇ γνώμῃ</b> <b class="b2">to be broken</b> <b class="b2">in spirit, lose courage</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.37</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπικεκλασμένον τῶν μελῶν</b> <b class="b2">effeminate</b>, <b class="b2">unmanly</b> music, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Demon.</span>12</span>.</span>