ὀκλάζω

to crouch down on one's hams, to squat , (Xenophon Historicus): ἐς γόνυ ὀκλάσας δέχεται τῇ σαρίσσῃ τὴν ἐπέλασιν, of a soldier waiting an attack, (Lucian); of a weary traveller, (Sophocles Tragicus):—;with accusative, ὀκλ. τὰ ὀπίσθια, τοὺς προσθίους to bend their hind or fore legs, (Xenophon Historicus)
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