A). -άσω Ph. (v. infr. 2 ): aor. ὤκλασα S. OC 196 (lyr.), Plu. 2.320d :— Med., Ep. aor. opt. ὀκλάσσαιντο Euph. 17 :—crouch down with bent hams, squat (in Hom. only μετοκλάζω), of a Persian dance, ὤκλαζε καὶ ἐξανίστατο X. An. 6.1.10 (cf. ὄκλασμα); διπλοῦς ὀκλάζων S. Ichn. 90 ; ἐς γόνυ ὀκλάσας δέχεται τῇ σαρίσσῃ τὴν ἐπέλασιν, of a soldier waiting an attack, Luc. DMort. 27.4 , cf. Philops. 18 ; sink down, of a weary traveller, S. l.c.; of oxen, Mosch. 2.99 ; of horses that crouch down to let their rider mount, Plu. 2.139b (but of horses that stumble and throw their rider, Procop. Vand. 2.21 , al.); of the wolf crouching down to let the Twins suck, Plu. 2.320d ; θρόνος .. ὀκλάζων folding-seat, D.Chr. 1.78 : c. acc., ὀ. τὰ ὀπίσθια, τοὺς προσθίους, bend their hind- or fore-legs, X. Eq. 11.3 , Ael. NA 7.4 :— Med., Euph. l.c.

2). metaph., sink, slacken, abate, ἀπειρίᾳ σοφιστικῶν παλαισμάτων ὀκλάσομεν Ph. 1.199 ; τόνος ὀκλάζων Gal. 11.172 ; ποδῶν δέ οἱ ὤκλασεν ὁρμή Musae. 325 ; of the wind, τῆς φορᾶς Hld. 5.23 , cf. Adam. Vent. 37 ; ὤκλαζε αὐτοῖς ὁ θυμός ib. 7 ; κραδίης ὤκλασεν ὄγκος AP 5.250 ( Iren.).

II). trans., abate, ὀκλάσας τὸν πόθον Hld. 1.26 .