ἀνακρού-ω, poet.ἀγκρ-,
A. push backa gate-pin, βάλανον
Aen.Tact. 18.6
;stop short, check,
ἵππον χαλινῷ
X. Eq. 11.3
;backhorses, τὸ ζεῦγος
Plu. Alc. 2
:— Pass. , Them. in Ph. 130.25 .
2. ἀπὸ χερσοῦ νῆα . . ἀνακρούεσκον thrustherofffrom shore, A.R. 4.1650 ;throw up,
δίσκον
Philostr. Her. 2.5
.
II. in Med. ,ἀνακρούεσθαι πρύμνην putone's shipastern,by backing water, Ar. V. 399 , cf. D.S. 11.18 ; orἀνακρούεσθαιalone, Th. 7.38 , 40 ; [ ἐπὶ] πρύμνην ἀ.
Hdt. 8.84
; butνῆας ἀ.,simplyrow back,