ἀπολισθάνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀπολισθάνω
Structure:
ἀπ
(Prefix)
+
ὀλισθάν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to slip off or away
- to slip away from
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὡσ δὲ τοῦτο ἐγένετο, δρομαῖοσ μὲν ὁ Ζεὺσ ὡρ́μησεν ἐπὶ τὴν θάλατταν φέρων αὐτὴν καὶ ἐνήχετο ἐμπεσών, ἡ δὲ πάνυ ἐκπλαγὴσ τῷ πράγματι τῇ λαιᾷ μὲν εἴχετο τοῦ κέρατοσ, ὡσ μὴ ἀπολισθάνοι, τῇ ἑτέρᾳ δὲ ἠνεμωμένον τὸν πέπλον ξυνεῖχεν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 2 1:3)
- "ὦ ξένε, κωλύει ταὐτὸν εἶναι καὶ λεπτὸν καὶ πυκνόν, ὥσπερ τὰ σηρικὰ καὶ τὰ βύσσινα τῶν ὑφασμάτων, ἐφ’ ὧν καὶ Ὅμηροσ εἶπε καιροσέων δ’ ὀθονῶν ἀπολείβεται ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον, ἐνδεικνύμενοσ τὴν ἀκρίβειαν καὶ λεπτότητα τοῦ ὕφουσ τῷ μὴ προσμένειν τὸ ἔλαιον ἀλλ’ ἀπορρεῖν καὶ ἀπολισθάνειν, τῆσ λεπτότητοσ καὶ πυκνότητοσ οὐ διιείσησ; (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 4 5:1)
- ἐστιν ὡσ ξύλον οὔτ’ ἄγαν πυκνὸσ ὡσ χρυσὸσ ἢ λίθοσ, ἀλλ’ ἔχει πόρουσ καὶ οἴμουσ καὶ τραχύτητασ διὰ τὰσ ἀνωμαλίασ τῷ ἀέρι συμμέτρουσ, ὥστε μὴ ἀπολισθάνειν ἀλλ’ ἕδραισ τισὶν ἐνισχόμενον καὶ ἀντερείσεσι περιπλοκὴν σύμμετρον ἐχούσαισ, ὡσ ἂν ἐμπέσῃ πρὸσ τὴν λίθον φερόμενοσ, ἀποβιάζεσθαι καὶ προωθεῖν τὸν σίδηρον. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 7, section 7 7:1)
- οὕτωσ ἐπὶ ποσὸν αἰσθάνῃ καὶ αὐτὸσ τῆσ ἐπαγγελίασ τοῦ φιλοσόφου, ἀπολισθάνεισ δὲ καὶ συγχέῃ ὑπὸ ἀμελετησίασ. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 14:2)
- πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἐκ ῥίζησ ἡ πέτρα πλαξὶ κεκάλυπτο λείαισ λίθων, εἴσ τε κάλλοσ καὶ ὡσ ἀπολισθάνοι πᾶσ ὁ προσβαίνειν ἢ κατιέναι πειρώμενοσ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 272:1)
Synonyms
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to slip off or away
- λιταργίζω (to slip away)
- διαπέρχομαι (to slip away one by one)
- διαδύνω (to slip through, to slip through, slip away)
- παραλλάσσω (to slip aside or away)
- παραρρέω (to slip out or off)
- περιολισθάνω (to slip away all round, slip off)
- ὑποδύω (to slip or slink away)
- διολισθάνω (to slip through, to give, the slip)
- διαπίπτω (to fall away, slip away, escape)
- ὑπορρέω (to slip away, to perish, to fall off)
- διεκδύομαι (to slip out through)
- διαρρέω (to slip through)
- ἐνολισθάνω (to fall in, to slip and fall)
- παραφέρω (to let pass, to slip away, escape)
- ὑπεκδύομαι (to slip out of, escape, having slipped out)
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to slip away from
- λιταργίζω (to slip away)
- διαπέρχομαι (to slip away one by one)
- διαδύνω (to slip through, to slip through, slip away)
- παραλλάσσω (to slip aside or away)
- παραρρέω (to slip out or off)
- περιολισθάνω (to slip away all round, slip off)
- ὑποδύω (to slip or slink away)
- διολισθάνω (to slip through, to give, the slip)
- διαπίπτω (to fall away, slip away, escape)
- ὑπορρέω (to slip away, to perish, to fall off)
- διεκδύομαι (to slip out through)
- διαρρέω (to slip through)
- ἐνολισθάνω (to fall in, to slip and fall)
- παραφέρω (to let pass, to slip away, escape)
- ὑπεκδύομαι (to slip out of, escape, having slipped out)