A.bend out of the regular line, bend outwards or away, opp. ἐγκλίνω, Hp.Art.38 (s.v.l.) ; change the form of a word, Pl.Cra.404d.
2. dislocate, Hp.Art.7(Pass.).
3. embezzle, Dionys.Com.3.10.
4. pervert, “δικαιώματα” LXX 1 Ki.8.3.
II. intr., turn away, “ἀπό τινος” Th.5.73, LXXNu.22.32(33) ; ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ ib.23 ; ἐκ νόμου θεοῦ ib.Jb.34.27 : abs., give ground, retire, X.Cyr.1.4.23 ; give way, fall from its place, Id.Cyn.6.10.
2. c. acc., avoid, shun, “ἐ. τι καὶ μὴ πράττειν” Pl.Lg.746c ; “ἐπερχόμενον ἐ. νέφος” Demad.15 ; “τὴν τῶν θηρίων ἔφοδον” Plb.1.34.4 ; “στρατείαν” Id.5.42.4,etc.:—Pass., Epict.Ench.2.
3. with Prep., turn away or aside towards, “κατά τι” X.Cyr.7.1.30 ; “ἐπὶ τὰς ἔξω οἰκίας” BGU1215.9 (iii B.C.); ἐ. εἰς δῆμον, εἰς ὀλιγαρχίαν, decline into a democracy or oligarchy, Arist.Pol.1273a5 ; πρός τινα visit a person on one's journey, LXXGe.19.3.