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|Definition=poet. ἀμπέταμαι <span class="title">IG</span>14.1934<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">f</b>, late ἀναπετάομαι v.l. in <span class="title">Gp.</span>2.5.12: fut. <b class="b3">-πτήσομαι</b>: aor. <b class="b3">ἀνεπτόμην</b> or <b class="b3">ἀνεπτάμην</b>, in Trag. also <b class="b3">ἀνέπτην</b>, 3pl. ἀνέπτησαν <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.14.4</span>:—<b class="b2">fly up, fly away</b>, ἢν . . ἀναπτῆσθε ἐς τὸν οὐρανόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.132</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.55</span>; οἰχήσονται ἀναπτόμενοι <span class="bibl">Antipho <span class="title">Fr.</span>58</span>; αἰθερία δ' ἀνέπτα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>440</span>; <b class="b3">ἀν' ὑγρὸν ἀμπταίην</b> αἰθέρα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span>796</span>; ἀναπέτομαι δὴ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον <span class="bibl">Anacr.24</span> = <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 1372</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">35</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>774</span>; εἰ . . πτηνὸς γενόμενος ἀνάπτοιτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>109e</span>; εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀναπτήσῃ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>905a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.209</span>; <b class="b2">hurry off</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>30</span>: metaph., ἀμπτάμενα φροῦδα πάντα κεῖται <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span> 1219</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">to be on the wing</b>, περιχαρὴς δ' ἀνεπτάμαν <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Aj.</span>693</span>; ἀνέπταν φόβῳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1307</span>.—Cf. <b class="b3">ἀνίπταμαι</b>.</span>