ἀναμηρύομαι
From LSJ
πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man
English (LSJ)
A wind up, draw back, as a thread, Plu.2.978d.
German (Pape)
[Seite 198] wie einen Faden aufwickeln, zurückziehen, Plut. Sol. an. 27.