ἀνα-σπάω,
poetry ἀνσπ-, draw, pull up, σπυρίδα[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16, compare 4.154; βύβλον ἐκ τῶν ἑλέων [prev. author] 2.92] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ “BGU” 1041.8 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__b draw a ship up on land, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.27, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 draw, suck up greedily, ὅταν αἷμ᾽ ἀνασπάσῃ κόνις[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 647; ἀ. ὑγρόν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 22] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ποτόν, τροφήν, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 495a26, “PA” 661a19] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὕδωρ ἀ. draw water, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.97. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 draw back, τὴν χεῖρα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 691] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—so in middle, ἐκ χροὸς ἔγχος ἀνεσπάσατ᾽[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.574. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4 tear up, pull down, τὰ ἀγάλματα ἐκ τῶν βάθρων[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.86; τὴν σκηνήν [prev. author] 7.119; τὸ σταύρωμα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.100; τύμβους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1381, compare “Ba.” 949; δένδρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 497b29, +others; τὰς σανιδας τῆς γεφύρας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.5.5; πυλίδας [prev. author] 5.39.4, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 metaphorically, ἀνασπᾶν λόγους, in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 302] Refs 5th c.BC+], draw forth words, utter wild, incoherent words; ἀνασπῶντ᾽ αὐτοπρέμνοις τοῖς λόγοισιν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 903] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—the phrase may be explanation from [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180a] Refs 5th c.BC+] (ὥσπερ ἐκ φαρέτρας ῥηματίσκια.. ἀνασπῶντες) and [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 429] Refs 4th c.BC+] (πόθεν.. τούτους ἀνεσπάκασιν οὗτοι τοὺς λόγου;); so ἀ. γνωμίδιον[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 49D. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]