σκολιόω

τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior

German (Pape)

[Seite 902] krümmen, krumm biegen, Theophr.

-ῶ :
rendre oblique ou tortu, courbé.
Étymologie: σκολιός.

σκολιόω [σκολιός] med.-pass. intrans. zich krommen, buigen, met εἰς + acc.: ἐς τὸ πλάγιον in zijwaartse richting Hp. Art. 41.