A.turn sideways, “τὸν ἵππον” Poll.1.204 ; in wrestling, throw sideways, Id.3.155 ; of ships, π. πρὸς ἀντίους τοὺς ἐτησίας sail athwart the trade-winds, Luc.Nav.9; dub. sens. in App. BC5.88.
2. hold aslant, “κάτοπτρον” Ach.Tat.Intr.Arat.21.
3. Pass., πλαγιαζέσθω τὰ τρήματα let the holes be made obliquely, Apollod.Poliorc.151.6; “κύλινδρος ἀπὸ τῆς ὀρθότητος -ασθείς” Hierocl. in CA 24p.474M.
4. lead astray, LXXEz.14.5 ; pervert, ἐπ᾽ ἀδίκοις δίκαιον ib.Is.29.21 : abs., use tortuous methods, “π. καὶ τεχνιτεύειν” Ph.2.432 ; π. ἢ φωνὴν ἢ πρᾶξιν in word or deed, Plu.Dem.13.
II. strike with the flat of the sword, D.C.40.53(Pass.).
III. Gramm., inflect, decline, Sch.rec.S.El.365.