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