ἀπολισθάνειν

From LSJ

δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also: ἀπολισθάνω) glance aside, slide off, slip off

Lexicon Thucydideum

in lubrico labi, to slip on slippery ground, 7.65.2.