- ὀκλάζω
- ὀκλάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to prostrate, to crouch on ones heels, to squat', metaph. `to sink, to abate', trans. `to abate' (N 281, Hld.).Other forms: aor. ὀκλάσαι (S.).Compounds: Also w. prefix, e.g. μετ-, ὑπ-.Derivatives: ὄκλα-σις f. `crouching' (Hp., Luc.), -σμα n. name of a Persian dance (Ar. Fr. 344 b); also ὀκλα-δίας m. `camp stool' (Att. inscr., Ar.), -δία = ὄκλασις (Suid.; cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 40), -δόν (A. R., Nonn.), -δις (Hdn. Gr.), -διστί (Babr.) adv. `crouchingly, squattingly, prostratingly'; ὀκλάξ adv. `id.' (Hp., Pherecr.; after γνύξ, πύξ etc.); Ὄκλασος m. PN (sch.; like Δάμασος a.o., s. Chantraine Form. 435).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: As basis of ὀκλάζω can not only a noun (*ὄκλος, *ὀκλή, *ὀκλάς?), but also a verb *ὀκλάω (δαμάω : δαμάζω) have served (cf. Schwyzer 734). Therefore prop. with Prellwitz s. v. *ὀ-κλάω, -άζω like NHG zusammen-brechen, also of the knees (ὀκλα-δ-ίας etc. like κλά-δ-ος, κλα-δ-αρός)? -- After Frisk IF 49, 99 f. to κῶλον, σκέλος; morpholog. unconvincing. -- Note the H.-glosses κλωκυδά τὸ καθῆσθαι ἐπ' ἀμφοτέροις ποσίν, ὀκκῦλαι τὸ ὀκλάσαι καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πτερ\<ν\>ῶν καθίζεσθαι.Page in Frisk: 2,373
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