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ἀνίημι,ης(ἀνιεῖς,as if fromἀνιέω,dub. in Il. 5.880 ),ησι:impf. ἀνίην,
Hom. and Att.
2 and3 sg. εις,ει, Ion.
3 sg.
A.
ἀνίη
SIG 1
(Abu Simbel,vi B. C., Iterat. ἀνίεσκε
Hes. Th. 157
; also ἠνίει
Hp. Epid. 7.46
;1 sg.
ἀνίειν
Luc. Cat. 4
:fut. ἀνήσω:pf. ἀνεῖκα:aor. 1 ἀνῆκα;
Ion.
ἀνέηκα.:—the Homeric forms ἀνέσει
Od. 18.265
Close Browse lexicon entries should be referred toἀνέζω,but ἄνεσαν
is fromἀνίημι:aor. 2,3 pl.
, S. Ant. 1101 , E. Hel. 442 ,subj.
, opt.ἀνείη, inf. ἀνεῖναι, part. ἀνείς:— Pass. ,ἀνίεμαι:pf.
( v.l. ἀνέονται ),inf. ἀνἑῶσθαι(sic) Tab.Heracl. 1.153 :aor. part.
Att. : but even Hom. hasἀνῑ́ει, ἀνῑέμενος,and we findἀνῐ́ησινin Pl.Com. 153 (anap.).]: —send uporforth,
Ζεφύροιο . . ἀήτας Ὠκεανὸς ἀνίησιν
; of Charybdis, τρὶς μὲν γάρ τ' ἀνίησιν . . τρὶς δ' ἀναροιβδεῖ
; ἀφρὸν ἀ. spew up, vomit,
; of the earth,καρπὸν ἀ. makecorn or fruitspring up,
; also of the gods, ἀ. ἄροτον γῆς
, etc.; so of females,produce,ib. 1405 :—in Pass. , σπαρτῶν ἀπ' ἀνδρῶν ῥίζωμ' ἀνεῖται
: then in various relations, συὸς χρῆμα ἀ.
; of a forest, πῦρ καὶ φλόγα
; πνεῦμ' ἀνεὶς ἐκ πνευμόνων
:—send upfrom the grave or nether world, A. Pers. 650 , Ar. Ra. 1462 , Phryn.Com. 1
D. , Pl. Cra. 403e , etc.:— Pass. ,ἐκ γῆς κάτωθεν ἀνίεται ὁ πλοῦτοςibid.; of fruit, Thphr. CP 5.1.5 .
2. let come up, give access to,
;εἰς τὸ πεδίονib. 7.2.12 .
II. let go,from Hom. downwds. a very common sense,ἐμὲ δὲ γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἀνῆκεν,i.e.leftme, Il. 2.71 , etc., cf. Pl. Prt. 310d : — Pass. , ἀνίεσθαι wake up,
ἄνδρα τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν λυμαινόμενον
, cf. Lys. 13.93 ;ἄνετέ μ' ἄνετε leavemealone, forbear,
S. El. 229 (lyr.); of a state of mind, ἐμὲ δ' οὐδ' ὣς θυμὸν ἀνίει . . ὀδύνη
; ὅταν μ' ἀνῇ νόσος μανίας
, etc.;ἀ. ἵππον to lethimgo(by slackening the rein), S. El. 721 ; ἵππους εἰς τάχος ἀ.
( v.l. δεσμῶν ) ; δεσμά τ' ἀνεῖσαι
;ἀ. σήμαντρα breakthe seal, Id. IA 325 :— Pass. , πύλαι ἀνειμέναι
2. ἀ. τινί let loose atone,slip at,
: hence ἄφρονα τοῦτον ἀνέντες
, cf. 880 : c. acc. etinf.,Διομήδεα μαργαίνειν ἀνέηκενib. 882 : generally,set on or urgeto do a thing, c.inf., Μοῦς' ἄρ' ἀοιδὸν ἀνῆκεν ἀειδέμεναι
, cf. 17.425 , Il. 2.276 , 5.422 : freq. c. acc. pers. only,let loose, excite,as οὐδέ κε Τηλέμαχον . . ῷδ' ἀνιείης
; μέγας δέ σε θυμὸς ἀνῆκεν
;τοῖσιν μὲν Θρασυμήδεα δῖον ἀνῆκεν urgedThrasymedestotheiraid,
17.705 :—so in Pass. , ἅπας κίνδυνος ἀνεῖται σοφίας
3. ἀ. τινὰ πρός τι to let go forany purpose, τὸν λεὼν . . ἀνεῖναι πρὸς ἔργα τε καὶ θυσίας
;ἐς παιγνίην ἑωυτὸν ἀ.ib. 173 ; τὰ μικρὰ εἰς τύχην ἀνείς
( v.l. ἀφείς ) ; τὰ σώματα ἐπὶ ῥᾳδιουργίαν
;ἐὰν δ' ἀνῇς, ὕβριστον χρῆμα κἀκόλαστον [γυνή] if youleaveherfree,
4. let, allow,c. acc. etinf., ἀνεῖναι αὐτοὺς ὅ τι βούλονται ποιεῖν
, cf. 4.175 : withinf.omitted, ἀνεῖσα πένθει κόμαν
;ἀ. στολίδος κροκόεσσαν τρυφάνib. 1491 ; κόμας
: c. dat. pers. etinf.,ἀνεὶς αὐτῷ θηρᾶν having givenhimleaveto hunt, X. Cyr. 4.6.3 .
Med. ,loosen, undo,c. acc.,κόλπον ἀνιεμένη baring herbreast, Il. 22.80 ;αἶγας ἀνιέμενοι strippingorflayinggoats, Od. 2.300 ; so ἀνεῖτο λαγόνας
; so in Act. ,ἀνιέναι: δέρειν,
6. let go free, leave untilled,of ground dedicated to a god, τέμενος ἀνῆκεν ἅπαν
; ἀργὸν παντάπασι τὸ χωρίον ἀνιέντες τῷ θεῷ
; generally, τὴν χώραν ἀ. μηλόβοτον
; στέλεχος ἀνειμένον allowed to run wild,
:—but this sense mostly in Pass. ,devote oneself, give oneself up,
; esp. of animals dedicated to a god, whichare let range at large(cf.ἄνετος) , ἀνεῖται τὰ θηρία
; of a persondevoted tothe gods, νῦν δ' οὗτος ἀνεῖται στυγερῷ δαίμονι
; of places, etc., θεοῖσιν ἀ. δένδρεα
;ἄλσος ἀνειμένονaconsecratedgrove, cj. in Pl. Lg. 761c ; of land, ἀ. εἰς νομάς
(ii B.C.): hence metaph.,ἀνειμένος εἴς τι devoted toa thing,wholly engaged init, e.g. ἐς τὸν πόλεμον
;ἀνέωνται ἐς τὸ μάχιμονtheyare given upto military service, ib. 165 ;ἐς τὸ κέρδος λῆμ' ἀνειμένον given upto . ., E. Heracl. 3 : hencepf. part.
ἀνειμένοςasAdj.,going free, left to one's own will and pleasure, at large,
S. Ant. 579 , El. 516 ; ἀ. τι χρῆμα πρεσβυτῶν γένος καὶ δυσφύλακτον
;πέπλοι ἀνειμένοι let hang loose,ib. 598 ;τὸ εἰς ἀδικίαν καὶ πλεονεξίαν -μένον unrestrained propensity to. ., Plu. Num. 16 ; σώματα πρὸς πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν ἀνειμένα
7. slacken, relax,opp.ἐπιτείνωorἐντείνω,of a bow or stringed instrument,unstring,as Hdt. 3.22 , cf. Pl. R. 442a , Ly. 209b , X. Mem. 3.10.7 , etc.; esp. of musical scales,ἁρμονίαι ἀνειμέναι,opp.σύντονοι,
Arist. Pol. 1342b22 , al.;ἀνειμένα Ἰαστὶ μοῦσαPratin.Lyr. 5 : metaph., ὀργῆς ὀλίγον τὸν κόλλοπ' ἀ.
, cf. Pherecr. 145.4 , Pl. R. 410e ; πολιτεῖαι ἀνειμέναι καὶ μαλακαί
; τοῖς γηράσκουσι ἀνίεται ἡ συντονία
;ἀνειμένη τάσιςthegraveaccent, Sch.D.T. p.130H. ; οἱ πάγοι τὰς φλόγας ἀ. temper,
b. remit, neglect, give up,
;φυλακήν, ἄσκησιν,etc., Th. 4.27 , X. Cyr. 7.5.70 , etc.;ἀ. θάνατόν τινι to remitsentence of death to one, let one live, E. Andr. 531 ; ἔχθρας, κολάσεις τισί
;ἀ. τὰ χρέα, τὰς καταδίκας,
Id. Sol. 15 , D.C. 64.8 , cf. 72.2 ;ἄνες λόγονspeakmore mildly,
E. Hel. 442 ; so ἀ. τινὸς ἔχθραν
;ἀ. ἀρχήν, πόλεμον,etc., Id. 1.76 , 7.18 , etc.:— Pass. ,to be treated remissly,
; ὁ νόμος ἀνεῖται has become effete, powerless,
: freq. inpf. part. ἀνειμένοςas anAdj.,ἐν τῷ ἀνειμένῳ τῆς γνώμηςwhen their minds arenot strung up for action,
Th. 5.9 ;ἀνειμένῃ τῇ διαίτῃ relaxed, unconstrained,of the Athenians, Id. 1.6 ;δίαιτα λίαν ἀ.,of the Ephors, Arist. Pol. 1270b32 ; ἀ. ἡδοναί dissolute,
;ἄνανδρος καὶ λίαν ἀ.ib. 549d ; ἀ. χείλεα parched,
; of climate, ἀ. καὶ μαλακός
8. the sense ofrelaxationoccurs also as an intr. usage of the Act. ,slacken, abate,of the wind, ἐπειδὰν πνεῦμ' ἀνῇ
, cf. Hdt. 2.113 , 4.152 ; ἕως ἀνῇ τὸ πῆμα
, cf. Hdt. 1.94 ;ἐμφῦσα οὐκ ἀνίει,of a viper, having fastened on him shedoesnotlet go,
Id. 3.109 : esp. in phraseοὐδὲν ἀνιέναιnotto give wayat all, X. HG 2.3.46 , cf. Cyr. 1.4.22 ;τὰς τιμὰς ἀνεικέναι ἤκουονthat priceshad fallen,
D. 56.25 , cf. Arist. Rh. 1390a15 ;σιδήρια ἀ. ἐν τοῖς μαλακοῖς losetheiredge,
b. c.part.,give uporceasedoing,ὕων οὐκ ἀνίει [ὁ θεός] Hdt. 4.28 , cf. 125 , 2.121 .β́,
c. c. gen.,cease froma thing, μωρίας
;ἀνῆκε τοῦ ἐξελθεῖν forbore tocome forth, LXX 1 Ki. 23.13 .
9. dilute, dissolve, διά τινοςorτινί,
Gal. 13.520 , al., Gp. 4.7.3 , cf. Arr. An. 7.20.5 ( Phryn. 19 says thatδιί̈ημιis more correct in this sense); διυγραινομένων καὶ ἀνιεμένων
References SIG 1 Hes. Th. 157 Hp. Epid. 7.46 Luc. Cat. 4 Od. 18.265 14.209 13.657 Il. 21.537 Th. 5.32 A. Ch. 489 S. Ant. 1101 E. Hel. 442 A. Eu. 183 Il. 2.34 Hdt. 2.65 A. Th. 413 Hdt. 2.165 Tab.Heracl. 1.153 Pl. R. 41c Th. 8.63 Hom. Pl.Com. 153 Od. 4.568 12.105 S. OT 1277 h.Cer. 333 A. Supp. 266 S. OT 270 1405 X. HG 2.4.11 7.2.12 Il. 2.71 Pl. Prt. 310d D.S. 17.56 X. HG 2.3.51 Lys. 13.93 S. El. 229 Il. 15.24 E. Or. 227 Hdt. 1.213 S. El. 721 X. Eq.Mag. 3.2 Plu. Per. 11 Od. 8.359 Call. Hec. 1.2.13 E. Ba. 448 Id. IA 325 D.H. 10.14 X. Cyn. 7.7 Il. 5.761 880 882 Od. 8.73 17.425 Il. 2.276 5.422 Od. 2.185 Il. 7.25 17.705 Ar. Nu. 955 Hdt. 2.129 173 E. Fr. 974 X. Cyr. 7.5.75 Pl.Com. 98 Pl. La. 179a Hdt. 2.36 4.175 E. Ph. 323 1491 Plu. Lys. 1 X. Cyr. 4.6.3 Il. 22.80 Od. 2.300 E. El. 826 Hsch. Th. 4.116 Plu. Publ. 8 Isoc. 14.31 Thphr. HP 8.11.9 LXX Ge. 49.21 Hdt. 7.103 Id. 2.65 S. Aj. 1214 Call. Cer. 47 Pl. Lg. 761c PTeb. 60.8 72.36 Hdt. 2.167 165 E. Heracl. 3 S. Ant. 579 El. 516 E. Andr. 727 598 Plu. Num. 16 Id. Lyc. 10 Hdt. 3.22 Pl. R. 442a Ly. 209b Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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