πλαγιάζω

A. turn sideways, τὸν ἵππον Poll. 1.204 ; in wrestling, throw sideways, Id. 3.155 ; of ships, π. πρὸς ἀντίους τοὺς ἐτησίας sail athwart the trade-winds, Luc. Nav. 9; dub. sens. in App. BC 5.88.

2. hold aslant, κάτοπτρον Ach.Tat. Intr.Arat. 21.

3. Pass., πλαγιαζέσθω τὰ τρήματα let the holes be made obliquely, Apollod. Poliorc. 151.6; κύλινδρος ἀπὸ τῆς ὀρθότητος ‐ασθείς Hierocl. in CA 24p.474M.

4. lead astray, LXX Ez. 14.5 ; pervert, ἐπ’ ἀδίκοις δίκαιον ib.Is. 29.21 : abs., use tortuous methods, π. καὶ τεχνιτεύειν Ph. 2.432 ; π. ἢ φωνὴν ἢ πρᾶξιν in word or deed, Plu. Dem. 13.

II. strike with the flat of the sword, D.C. 40.53(Pass.).

III. Gramm., inflect, decline, Sch.rec.S. El. 365.

2. Pass., πεπλαγίασται ὁ λόγος, of Tragic irony, Sch.S. OT 137, 1183.