ἐκνεύω,aor. ἐξένευσα,
A. turn the head out ofits natural position, of a horse,ἐ. ἄνωtotossthe head, X. Eq. 5.4 ;τῇ κεφαλῇ ἐκνεύσας by a side-movementwith the head, of the wild boar, Id. Cyn. 10.12 , cf. LXX 4 Ki. 23.16 .
2. c. acc.,shun, avoid,
Phld. Sign. 27 , Ph. 1.146 , Orph. A. 458 ; ξίφος
Hegesias
ap. D.H. Comp. 18 ; πληγήν
D.S. 17.100
.
II. fall headlong,
εἰς θάνατον
E. Ph. 1268
; ἐ. πρός τι to turn aside,
Ph. 1.297
: c. gen., τῶν παρόντων
Plot. 6.7.34
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