ὀλισθάνω
ἡμέραν δ' ἐξ ἡμέρας ῥίπτεις κυβεύων τὸν πρὸς Ἀργείους Ἀρη → day after day you cast your dice in war against the Argives, day by day you make your throw adventuring war against the Argives
English (LSJ)
(also ὀλισθ-αίνω Arist.Pr.936a15, 939a26, A.R.1.377, etc., but never in good Att.): fut.
A ὀλισθήσω LXXPr. 14.19, Nonn.D.36.458 : pf. ὠλίσθηκα Hp.Art.57, 65 : plpf. ὠλισθήκειν (v. infr. 11.1) : aor. ὠλίσθησα AP9.125, Str.Chr.4.8 (p.476 Kr.), etc. ; 3pl. ὠλίσθησαν Nic.Fr.74.51 (codd. Ath., ὠλίσθηναν cj. Schn.) ; part. fem. ὀλισθήνασα Id.Al.89: but in classical Att. always aor. 2 ὤλισθον, part. ὀλισθών, inf. ὀλισθεῖν (Hom. only in Il., in Ep. 3sg. ὄλισθε, v. infr.) :—slip, fall upon a slippery path, ἔνθ' Αἴας μὲν ὄλισθε θέων Il.23.774 ; ἐκ δέ οἱ ἧπαρ ὄλισθεν his liver fell from him, 20.470 ; ἐξ ἀντύγων ὤλισθε he slipped from... S.El.746 ; ὀ. τῆς χειρὸς ὁ σίδηρος Arist.Mech. 854a19 ; νηὸς ὀλισθών AP9.267 (Phil.) ; ὐ. εἴσω, ἔξω, of a bone, slip out of the socket on one side or the other, Hp.Fract.14,37 ; θαυμαστὰ γὰρ τὸ τόξον ὡς ὀλισθάνει slips, loses its force, S.Fr.960 : metaph., ὀ. εἰς νοῦσον AP7.233 (Apollonid.); ἐς Ἅιδου IG14.1642 ; in moral sense, make a slip, Ar.Ra.690 ; in literary sense, εἰς τερατώδεις ὀ. ἀναπλασμούς Metrod.Herc.831.5. 2 slip or glide along, ὀ. ἐν τῷ λάβδα ἡ γλῶττα Pl.Cra.427b ; βέλος διὰ σαρκὸς ὄλισθεν Theoc.25.230. II causal, sprain by slipping, ὠλισθήκει τὸν γλουτόν Philostr.V A3.39, cf. Gym.14. 2 make to slip, τὰς διανοίας LXXSi.3.24.
