epic Dep to bend, incline:
I.mostly of persons, to go aside, withdraw, recoil, shrink back, Il.; δεῦρο λιάσθης hither has thou retired, id=Il.; παρὰ κληῖδα λιάσθη, of a vision, slipped away by the key-hole, Od.; ἐλιάσθην πρός σε I came away to thee, Eur.
2.to sink, fall, πρηνὴς ἐλιάσθη, λιαζόμενος προτὶ γαίῃ Il.
II.of things, λιάζετο κῦμα retired, drew back, id=Il.; πτερὰ λίασθεν (for ἐλιάσθησαν) the dying bird's wings dropped, id=Il.
deriv. uncertain
