lift up, raise,
βαστάζω, Od. 11.594 , etc.:fut.
A.
-άσω
A. Pr. 1019
, S. Aj. 920 ; late -άξω
Ps.-Callisth. 1.45
, etc.:aor.
ἐβάστασα
Od. 21.405
, Ar. Th. 437 (lyr.), etc.; late ἐβάσταξα
PFay. 122
, LXX Si. 6.25 , J. AJ 3.8.7 , Epigr. ap. Stob. 1.49.52 :— Pass. ,fut.
βασταχθήσομαι
Ps.-Callisth. 1.42
:aor. ἐβαστάχθηνNic.Dam. p.114D. , D.L. 4.59 , Ath. 15.693e :aor. 2
βασταγῆναι
Artem. 2.68
:pf. βεβάσταγμαι(ἐμ-) Luc. Ocyp. 14 :—lift up, raise,
λᾶαν βαστάζοντα . . ἀμφοτέρῃσι
Od. 11.594
; ἐπεὶ μέγα τόξον ἐβάστασε
21.405
; πεπτῶτα β. τινά
S. Aj. 827
, etc.;lifta veil, Id. El. 1470 :— Pass. , of sluice-gates, PRyl. 81.6
(ii A. D.).
2. metaph.,lift up, exalt, ennoble,
Pi. O. 12.19 ; β. τινὰ χαρίτεσσιν
Id. I. 3.8
.
II. bear, carry,
A. Pr. 1019 , etc.; χερσὶν β. τινά
S. El. 1129
, cf. 1216 ; δόρυ
Hermipp. 46.2
(anap.), Theoc. 16.78 ; ὅπλα
Men. Epit. 107
.
2. hold in one's hands,
S. El. 905 ; χεροῖν
Id. Ph. 657
, cf. 1127 (lyr.); of books, συνεχῶς β.
Epicur. Ep. 2p.35U.
:—in Pass. ,to be popular,
Arist. Rh. 1413b12 .
3. β. ἐν γνώμῃ bearin mind,consider, weigh,
A. Pr. 888 ; φρενί
Ar. Th. 437
(lyr.);β. προβούλευμα deliberate on. . , Eup. 73 ; βαστάσας αἱρήσομαι on consideration,
Id. 303
.
4. bear, endure,
οὐκέτι βαστάζω τὴν σεῖο διαζυγίην
AP 5.8
( Rufin. ).
5. produce, yield,of land, PGiss. 6 iii 8
(ii A. D.).
III. carry off, take away,
Ev.Jo. 20.15 ;steal,
Plb. 32.15.4 , J. AJ 1.19.9 , D.L. 4.59 , Luc. Asin. 16 , PTeb. 330.7
(ii A. D.), perh. also in Ev.Jo. 12.6 , Ath. 2.46f ( Pass. ).
2. in Pass. ,to be sublimated,Zos.Alch. p.198
B.
IV. in Trag.,touch,
χέρα ἄνακτος . . τῇδε β. χερί
A. Ag. 35
;embrace,
σῶμα
S. OC 1105
.—Not in Att. Prose: Pass. first in Plb.
