ἀναποδίζω

English (LSJ)

(πούς)

   A make to step back, call back and question, cross-examine, ἐπειρωτῶν τε καὶ ἀ. τὸν κήρυκα Hdt.5.92.ζ; πολλάκις ἀνεπόδιζον τὸν γραμματέα Aeschin.3.192, cf. Luc.Abd.17:—Pass., Antipho Soph.18.    2 οὐδαμῇ ἄλλῃ ἀνεπόδισε ἑωυτόν in no other passage did he correct himself, retract what he before said, Hdt.2.116.    3 deduct for retrograde motion, Vett.Val.25.26.    II intr., step back, return, ἐπὶ τὴν μονάδα Pythag. ap. Stob.1.10.12 (corr. Heeren), LXX Si.46.4, Luc.Nec.7; εἰς τοὐπίσω Hdn.5.6.7; ἀ. πρὸς . . revert, Chor.in Rh.Mus.49.492; κύκλον ἀ. recur in a cycle, Hippod. ap.Stob.4.34.71; of the retrograde motion of the planets, Theo Sm. p.147 H., Procl.Hyp.5.72, etc.: metaph. of festivals which fall late in the calendar, Gem.8.19.