κατολισθάνω
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
later κατολισθ-αίνω Gal.7.36, Agath.1.1: Ep. aor. 2
A κατόλισθε A.R.1.390: aor. 1 -ωλίσθησα Alciphr.3.64: pf. -ωλίσθηκα Orib.50.42.3:—slip, sink down, Str.4.6.6; of hernia, Gal.l.c.; of a building, collapse, Agath.1.10: metaph., ἐς πάθος, εἰς ἔρωτα, Luc. Abd.28, Alciphr. l.c.; εἰς τὸ βλάσφημον Ael.Fr.60; εἰς πλεονεξίαν Agath.1.1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κατολισθάνω: (ἴδε ἐν λέξει ὀλισθάνω)· Ἐπικ. ἀόρ. (ἀναύξ.) κατόλισθε, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Α. 390·- ὀλισθαίνων καταπίπτω ἢ βυθίζομαι, καταντῶ, Στράβ. 204, κτλ.· ἐς πάθος, εἰς ἔρωτα Λουκ. Ἀποκηρυττ. 28, Ἀλκίφρων 3. 62· εἰς τὸ βλάσφημον Αἰλ. παρὰ Σουΐδ.· εἰς πλοκάμους γυναικείους Κλήμ. Ἀλ. 289.
French (Bailly abrégé)
glisser, se laisser tomber ; fig. εἰς ἔρωτα tomber amoureux.
Étymologie: κατά, ὀλισθάνω.
