ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν στῆθι καὶ ἄμπνυε → but you, stop now and catch your breath | but do thou now stand, and get thy breath
(see also ἀνθέλκω): drag in an opposite direction, pull in an opposite direction
retrahere, to hold back, check, 4.14.2.