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ἀνασπαράσσω

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Full diacritics: ἀνασπᾰράσσω Medium diacritics: ἀνασπαράσσω Low diacritics: ανασπαράσσω Capitals: ΑΝΑΣΠΑΡΑΣΣΩ
Transliteration A: anasparássō Transliteration B: anasparassō Transliteration C: anasparasso Beta Code: a)naspara/ssw

English (LSJ)

tear up, ῥίζας E.Ba.1104.

Spanish (DGE)

(ἀνασπᾰράσσω) arrancar ῥίζας E.Ba.1104.

German (Pape)

[Seite 208] in die Höhereißen, Eur. Bacch. 1098, zerreißen.

French (Bailly abrégé)

arracher.
Étymologie: ἀνά, σπαράσσω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀνασπᾰράσσω: вырывать, выкорчевывать (ῥίζας μοχλοῖς Eur.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀνασπᾰράσσω: μέλλ. -άξω, ἐξέλκω, «τραβῶ» ἐπάνω καὶ «κατακομματιάζω», ῥίζας ἀνεσπάρασσον ἀσιδήροις μοχλοῖς Εὐρ. Βάκχ. 1104.

Greek Monolingual

ἀνασπαράσσω κ. -ττω (Α)
1. κομματιάζω, ξεσχίζω
2. τραβώ προς τα πάνω, ξεριζώνω.

Greek Monotonic

ἀνασπᾰράσσω: μέλ. -ξω, σπάζω, ξεσχίζω, κομματιάζω, σε Ευρ.

Middle Liddell

to tear up, Eur.