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ὀλισθ-ηρός , ά, όν,
A.slippery,οἶμοςPi.P.2.96 (metaph.) ; “ἂν . . . τὸ χωρίονX.Eq.7.15 ; “λίθοιId.An.4.3.6, etc. ; of mucilage, Hp.Acut.10, 15 (Sup.).
II. metaph., slippery, hard to catch and keep hold of, Pl.Sph.231a (Sup.) ; “τύχηAP10.66 (Agath.); τὸ . τῆς διανοίας αὐτῶν Ps.-Luc.Philopatr. 22 ; “. ἱκεσίηAP5.215 (Agath.).
2. liable to slip,πόδεςAP7.542 (Stat. Flacc.) ; ὀλισθηροὶ εἰς πόδας ib.398 (Antip.) : metaph., “πρὸς ὀργὴν .Plu.Cat.Mi.1. Adv. “-ρῶς, ἔχειν πρός τιId.2.31c.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Plato, Sophist, 231a
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 4.3.6
    • Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship, 7.15
    • Hippocrates, De diaeta in morbis acutis, 10
    • Hippocrates, De diaeta in morbis acutis, 15
    • Plutarch, Cato Minor, 1
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