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κλάω (A) [α^], impf. ἔκλων κατ-) Il.20.227, (ἀν-) Th.2.76: fut. κλάσω [α^] J.AJ10.11.3, Luc.DDeor.11.1: aor. 1 ἔκλα^σα, Ep.
A.κλάσεOd.6.128, “κατά-κλασσεTheoc.25.147:—Med., poet. aor. “κλάσσατοAP7.124 (Diog. Laert.):—Pass., fut. “κλασθήσομαιArist.Mete.373a5: aor. “ἐκλάσθηνIl.11.584: pf. “κέκλασμαιArist.APo.76b9, etc.: aor. 2 part. κλάς (as if from κλῆμι) Anacr.153:—break, break off, “ἐξ ὕλης πτόρθον κλάσεOd.6.128; “ἐκλάσθη δὲ δόναξIl.11.584; break off the luxuriant shoots of the vine, Thphr. CP1.15.1 (Pass.), Gal.6.134, Longus 3.29, etc.; “κ. ἄρτον1 Ep.Cor.10.16, cf. 11.24 (Pass.).
2. Geom., deflect, inflect, usu. of drawing a straight line 'broken back' at a line or surface, “κλάσαι εὐθεῖαν τὴν ΑΓΒ ἐν λόγῳ τῷ δοθέντιPapp. 904.17; ἀπὸ δύο σημείων τῶν B, E “κλάσαι τὴν ΒΝΞΕId.122.3:—more freq. in Pass., Arist.APo.1.c.; κεκλασμένη (sc. γραμμή) Id.Ph.228b24; “αἱ κλώμεναι εὐθεῖαιApollon.Perg.Con.2.52; ἐὰν ἀπὸ τῶν σημείων κλασθῶσιν ib.3.52; “κεκλάσθωEuc.3.20, al.; of visual rays, Arist.Mete. 377b22, Pr.912b29; of arteries, Gal.9.84: generally, “καμπαῖς κεκλασμένας ὑποπορεύσειςPlu.2.968b; κεκλ. στολίδες ib.64a; τὰ κλώμενα τῶν ῥευμάτων their broken courses, ib.747d.
3. metaph., break, weaken, frustrate, “τὴν ἐλπίδαJ.BJ3.7.13, cf. Epigr.Gr.348 (Cios): in pf. part. Pass., κεκλασμένη φωνή weak, effeminate voice, Hp.Epid.7.80, Arist.Phgn.813a35 (also of the Siren's song, Vett.Val.108.28, cf. “κ. ἀοιδή242.10); τὰ κεκλ. τῶν ὀμμάτων enfeebled eyes, Arist.Phgn. 808a9; κεκλ. μέλη varied by modulation, Plu.2.1138c; ῥυθμὸς κεκλ. broken rhythm, Longin.41.1; τὸ κεκλ. καὶ παντοδαπόν (sc. τῆς λέξεως) Phld.Rh.1.198S.
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    • Homer, Iliad, 11.584
    • Homer, Odyssey, 6.128
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 10.11.3
    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 3.7.13
    • Flavius Josephus, Life of Josephus, 43
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 10.16
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 11.24
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.76
    • Homer, Iliad, 20.227
    • Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 11.1
    • Longus, Daphnis & Chloe, 3.29
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