stray

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verb transitive

P. and V. πλανᾶσθαι, ἀλᾶσθαι περιπολεῖν; see wander.

go wrong: P. and V. ἁμαρτάνειν, ἐξαμαρτάνειν, σφάλλεσθαι.

of the mind: P. and V. πλανᾶσθαι.

this lock of hair has strayed from its place: V. ἐξ ἕδρας σοι πλόκαμος ἐξέστηχ' ὅδε (Euripides, Bacchae 928).

adjective

chance: P. and V. ὁ τυχών, ὁ ἐπιτυχών, ὁ προστυχών, ὁ συντυχών.

random: V. εἰκαῖος.

at random: use adv. P. and V. εἰκῆ.