ἀνασπάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. ἀνσπ-, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">draw, pull up</b>, σπυρίδα <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.154</span>; βύβλον ἐκ τῶν ἑλέων <span class="bibl">Id.2.92</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1041.8</span> (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[draw]] a ship [[up]] on land, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.27</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.188</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">draw, suck up greedily</b>, ὅταν αἷμ' ἀνασπάσῃ κόνις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>647</span>; ἀ. ὑγρόν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>22</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ποτόν, τροφήν</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>495a26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>661a19</span>; <b class="b3">ὕδωρ ἀ</b>. [[draw]] water, <span class="bibl">Th.4.97</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">draw back</b>, τὴν χεῖρα <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>691</span>:—so in Med., ἐκ χροὸς ἔγχος ἀνεσπάσατ' <span class="bibl">Il.13.574</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">tear up, pull down</b>, τὰ ἀγάλματα ἐκ τῶν βάθρων <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.86</span>; τὴν σκηνήν <span class="bibl">Id.7.119</span>; τὸ σταύρωμα <span class="bibl">Th.6.100</span>; τύμβους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1381</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>949</span>; δένδρα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>497b29</span>,al.; τὰς σανιδας τῆς γεφύρας <span class="bibl">Plb.2.5.5</span>; πυλίδας <span class="bibl">Id.5.39.4</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἀνασπᾶν λόγους</b>, in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>302</span>, <b class="b2">draw forth</b> words, [[utter wild]], [[incoherent]] words; ἀνασπῶντ' αὐτοπρέμνοις τοῖς λόγοισιν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>903</span>:—the phrase may be expl. from <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>180a</span> (ὥσπερ ἐκ φαρέτρας ῥηματίσκια . . ἀνασπῶντες) and <span class="bibl">Men.429</span> (πόθεν . . τούτους ἀνεσπάκασιν οὗτοι τοὺς λόγους;); so ἀ. γνωμίδιον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 49D.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν</b> [[pucker]] the eyebrows, and so put on a grave important air, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακὼς ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1069</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Alex.16</span>, <span class="bibl">D.19.314</span>; ἔβλεψε νᾶπυ καὶ τὰ μέτωπ' ἀνέσπασεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>631</span>; μέχρι νεφέων τὴν ὀφρὺν ἀ. <span class="bibl">Philem.174</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span> 3.10</span>; οἱ τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπασμένοι πρὸς τὸν κρόταφον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>812b27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[retract]], ὁ στόμαχος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Superf.</span>22</span>, <span class="title">Steril.</span> 217. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">carry away from home</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tox.</span>28</span> codd.</span>