ἀλυσκάζω

A. ἀλυσκάζειε Nonn. D. 42.135, al.:—shun, avoid, c. acc., ὕβριν ἀλυσκάζειν Od. 17.581: abs., skulk, Il. 5.253, 6.443, Orph. A. 437; dub. in Hes. Fr. 96.94.—Ep. word, used by Cratin. 137. ἀλύσκω, Od. 22.363: fut. ἀλύξω Il. 10.371, A. Pers. 94, S. Ant. 488, etc.; ἀλύξομαι v.l. in Hes. Op. 363: aor. ἤλυξα, poet. ἄλυξα, v. infr.:—Med. in compd. ἐξαλύσκω.—Ep. Verb used by A. and S., both in lyr. and dialogue (also in late Prose, Philostr. Her. 7):—flee from, shun, c. acc., Il. 10.371, Od. 12.335, Hes. l.c., Pi. P. 8.16, A. Pr. 587, etc.: rarely c. gen., S. Ant. 488, El. 627: abs., escape, ὅθεν οὔπως ἦεν ἀλύξαι Od. 22.460; προτὶ ἄστυ ἀλύξαι Il. 10.348; ἄλυξεν ἐν Γερήνῳ he escaped by staying in Gerenus, Hes. Fr. 16.
II. = ἀλύω, wander restlessly, A.R. 4.57.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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