- λυγίζω
- λῠγ-ίζω, [dialect] Dor. [tense] fut. inf.A
λυγιξεῖν Theoc.1.97
: ([etym.] λύγος):—bend or twist as one does a withe, πλευρὰν λυγίσαντος ὑπὸ ῥώμης, of a dancer, Ar.V.1487; νεῦρα λελυγισμένα twisted, Hp.Mochl.4; τὰ λυγισθέντα τῶν ἄρθρων twisted joints, Gal.Protr.11; λυγίζειν ἀλλήλους, of wrestlers, Luc.Anach.1, cf. Philostr.Im.2.32: metaph.,λ. μέλος Ael.NA2.11
; cf. λύγισμα, λυγισμός.2 throw, master, Ἔρωτα Theoc.l.c.:— [voice] Pass., to be thrown or mastered, Id.1.98;οὐδ' ἐλυγίχθη τὰν ψυχάν Id.23.54
.II [voice] Pass., bend or twist oneself like a withe, bend aside, so as to avoid a blow,λυγίζεται καὶ συστρέφει τὸν αὐ χένα Eup.339
, cf. Pl. R.405c;στρέφου λυγίζου τε μύθοις S.Ichn.362
(lyr.);ἐλυγίσθησαν κατὰ τροχῶν Phalar.Ep.147.3
; also of dancers, Luc.Salt.77, etc.;ὑπ' ὀρχησμῶν λελυγισμένον ἴχνος AP6.33
(Maec.): metaph., in [tense] pf. part. λελυγισμένος, effeminate, Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. ἁβρός; ἐπέων κόσμος λελ. AP11.20 (Antip. Thess.).2 turn, play, as a joint in the socket,ἄρθρον ᾗ λυγίζεται S.Tr.779
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Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.