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χάζω

A.to cause to retire, the Act. only in epic redupl. aor2 κέκα^δον, fut. κεκα^δήσω:— to force to retire from, deprive of, τοὺς ψυχῆς κεκαδών Il.; ἀριστῆας κεκαδήσει θυμοῦ καὶ ψυχῆς Od.
B.Mid. to give way, draw or shrink back, retire, Il.
2.c. gen. to draw back or retire from, χάζεσθε μάχης id=Il., etc.; so, χ. ἐκ βελέων, ὑπ᾽ ἔγχεος id=Il.; οὐδὲ δὴν χάζετο ἀνδρός nor in truth was he (or it, the stone) far from the man, i. e. nearly hit him, id=Il.

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