ἐκνεύω,
aorist ἐξένευσα, turn the head out of its natural position, of a horse, ἐ. ἄνω to toss the head, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 5.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ κεφαλῇ ἐκνεύσας by a side-movement with the head, of the wild boar, [[ [prev. author] “Cyn.” 10.12, cf. LXX.2Ki.23.16. ] LXX]
__2 with accusative, shun, avoid, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 27, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.146, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 458; ξίφος Hegesias cited in 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18; πληγήν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.100. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II fall headlong, εἰς θάνατον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1268; ἐ. πρός τι ] Refs 5th c.BC+]to turn aside, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.297: with _genitive_, τῶν παρόντων 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.7.34. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III motion away, ἐξένευσ᾽ ἀποστῆναι πρόσω [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1330. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]