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|Definition=aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἔκλωσα [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 2.678, ([[ἐπ]]-) Od.3.208:—[[twist by spinning]], [[spin]], λίνον Hdt.5.12, cf.''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1414.5 (iii A.D.); μίτον Luc.''Fug.'' 12; <b class="b3">κ. ἄτρακτον</b> [[turn]] it, Luc.''JConf.''19:—Pass., βύσσος κεκλωσμένη [[LXX]] ''Ex.''35.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> especially of the goddesses of fate, [[spin]] a man his thread of life or of fate, κ. τινὶ τὰ οἰκεῖα Arist.''Mu.''401b22:—poet. in Med., ἐκλώσασθε πανάφθιτον ἦμαρ ἀοιδῷ ''AP''7.14 (Antip.Sid.); ἑπτὰ δέ μοι μοῖραι… ἐνιαυτοὺς ἐκλώσαντο ''IG''3.1337; <b class="b3">τίς μοιρῶν μίτον ὔμμιν ἐκλώσατο</b>; ib.5(1).1355 (Abia):—Pass., <b class="b3">τὰ κλωσθέντα</b> [[one's destiny]], Pl.''Lg.''960c.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr. in Act., χυλῷ ἐνὶ κλώθοντι Nic.''Al.''93 (expld. by Sch. <b class="b3">ὡς νῆμα κλωθομένῳ</b>), cf. 528.