aor. ἐλιάσθην, Ep. 3 pl. λίασθεν Il. 23.879; 3 sg. plpf. λελίαστο Mosch. 4.118 (for Act. v. sub fin.) : — bend, incline; and so, mostly of persons, go aside, recoil, shrink, ἐκ ποταμοῖο λιασθείς Od. 5.462; ἀπὸ πυρκαϊῆς ἑτέρωσε λ. Il. 23.231; νόσφι λ. 1.349, 11.80; ὕπαιθα λιάσθη he shrank beneath his attack, 15.520, cf. 21.255; δεῦρο λιάσθης hither hast thou retired, 22.12; παρὰ κληῗδα λιάσθη ἐς πνοιὰς ἀνέμων, of a vision, disappeared by the key-hole, Od. 4.838; metaph, stray from the straight path, Emp. 2.8; in A.R. of parting, separating from others, 1.94, 3.827, 1164; — once in Trag., πρός σ’ ἐλιάσθην hastened to thee, E. Hec. 98 (anap.).
sink, fall, πρηνὴς ἐλιάσθη Il. 15.543; λιαζόμενον ποτὶ γαίῃ 20.420, cf. 418; ἐν γῇ Mosch. l.c. of things, ἀμφὶ δ’ ἄρα σφι λιάζετο κῦμα retired, drew back, Il. 24.96; πτερὰ πυκνὰ λίασθεν (for ἐλιάσθησαν) the dying bird΄s thick wings dropped, 23.879; where Aristarch. read λίασσεν it dropped its wings, though the Act. is not used exc. impf. λίαζον they loosened (the cables), Lyc. 21.