πλᾰγι-άζω,
(πλάγιος) turn sideways, τὸν ἵππον [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.204 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in wrestling, throw sideways, [[ [prev. author] 3.155 ] Refs]; of ships, π. πρὸς ἀντίους τοὺς ἐτησίας sail athwart the trade-winds, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 9; uncertain meaning in 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.88. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 hold aslant, κάτοπτρον [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus “Introductio in Aratum” 21. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__3 passive, πλαγιαζέσθω τὰ τρήματα let the holes be made obliquely, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 151.6; κύλινδρος ἀπὸ τῆς ὀρθότητος -ασθείς 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 24p.474M. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 lead astray, [[ LXX.Eze.14.5 ] LXX]; pervert, ἐπ᾽ ἀδίκοις δίκαιον[[LXX.Isa.29.21 ] LXX]: absolutely, use tortuous methods, π. καὶ τεχνιτεύειν [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.432 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. ἢ φωνὴν ἢ πρᾶξιν in word or deed, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 13. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II strike with the flat of the sword, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.53 (_passive_). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III Grammars, inflect, decline, [[ Scholia recentia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 365. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]