α1442Ἀλυσκάζειν
to avoid
[Meaning] to circumvent, to steer clear of, to flee. "For if the daughters of Lycambes left the light to avoid the harsh sound of Archilochus' iambics [...]."
Ἀλυσκάζειν· περιΐστασθαι, ἐκκλίνειν, φεύγειν. εἰ γὰρ φέγγος ἔλιπον ἀλυσκάζουσαι ἰάμβων ἄγριον Ἀρχιλόχου φθέγμα Λυκαμβιάδες.
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