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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. ὀκλάσω Ph.(v. infr. 2): aor. ὤκλασα S.''OC''196(lyr.), Plu. 2.320d:—Med., Ep. aor. opt. ὀκλάσσαιντο Euph.17:—[[crouch down with bent hams]], [[squat]] (in Hom. only [[μετοκλάζω]]), of a Persian [[dance]], ὤκλαζε καὶ ἐξανίστατο X.''An.''6.1.10 (cf. [[ὄκλασμα]]); διπλοῦς [[ὀκλάζων]] S. ''Ichn.''90; <b class="b3">ἐς γόνυ ὀκλάσας δέχεται τῇ σαρίσσῃ τὴν ἐπέλασιν</b>, of a soldier waiting an attack, Luc.''DMort.''27.4, cf. ''Philops.''18; [[sink down]], of a [[weary]] [[traveller]], S. [[l.c.]]; of [[ox]]en, Mosch.2.99; of horses that [[crouch down]] to let their [[rider]] [[mount]], Plu.2.139b (but of horses that [[stumble]] and throw their rider, Procop. ''Vand.''2.21, al.); of the wolf [[crouching down]] to let the Twins suck, Plu.2.320d; <b class="b3">θρόνος.. ὀκλάζων</b> [[folding-seat]], D.Chr.1.78: c. acc., <b class="b3">ὀ. τὰ ὀπίσθια, τοὺς προσθίους</b>, [[bend]] their hind- or fore-legs, X.''Eq.''11.3, Ael.''NA''7.4:—Med., Euph. [[l.c.]]<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[sink]], [[slacken]], [[abate]], ἀπειρίᾳ σοφιστικῶν παλαισμάτων ὀκλάσομεν Ph.1.199; τόνος ὀκλάζων Gal.11.172; ποδῶν δέ οἱ ὤκλασεν [[ὁρμή]] Musae.325; of the [[wind]], τῆς φορᾶς Hld.5.23, cf. Adam.''Vent.''37; <b class="b3">ὤκλαζε αὐτοῖς ὁ θυμός</b> ib.7; κραδίης ὤκλασεν [[ὄγκος]] ''AP''5.250 (Iren.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> trans., [[abate]], ὀκλάσας τὸν πόθον Hld.1.26.