ἀνατίθημι,
perfect ἀνατέθηκα[[ “SIG” 1018.9 (Pergam.)] Refs], etc.:—lay upon, once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἐλεγχείην ἀναθήσει μοι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.100] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἄχθος lay on as a burden, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1056 (hexameters), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.30; κινδύνους ἰδιώταις ἀ. 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 9] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in good sense, ἀ. κῦδός τινι[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.8] Refs 5th c.BC+]. b. middle, put on board ship, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1421 (from Cyparissia). ] Refs]
__2 in Prose, refer, attribute, a thing to a person, μεγάλα οἱ χρήματα ἀ.[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.135] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ γὰρ ἄν οἱ πυραμίδα ἀνέθεσαν ποιήσασθαι would not have attributed to her the erection of the pyramid,[[ [prev. work] 134; φοίβῳ τήνδ᾽ ἀναθήσω πρᾶξιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1296] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰμή, ὅταν.. εὖ πράξητε, ἐμοὶ ἀναθήσετε will give me the credit of it, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; οὐ τῷ συμβούλῳ τὴν τοῦ κατορθοῦν ἀνέθηκε δύναμιν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.290; ἀ. τινὶ τὴν αἰτίαν τινός 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.37, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.10] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, compare, τινὰ εἴς τι[[ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.261 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator b. ἀ. τινὶ ἅπαντα πράγματα] Refs 4th c.BC+] lay them upon him, entrust them to him, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1453, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.82. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II set up as a votive gift, dedicate, τινί τι[[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 658, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.30, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.159, 7.54, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1089, etc.; Ῥήνειαν ἀνέθηκε τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13; ἀνάθημα ἀνατιθέναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.53, 2.182; ἀ. τι ἐς Δελφούς [prev. author] 1.92, 2.135, 182, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 235d, etc.; less frequently ἐν Δελφοῖς 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 25] Refs 8th c.BC+]; dedicate a book, [[ [prev. author] “Sull.” 6] Refs]; ἀ. τινά set up a statue of.., [[ “SIG” 420 (Delos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; incorrectly of burial, [[ “OGI” 602 (from Jaffa)] Refs]:— passive, ἀνατεθῆναι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 849] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἀνάκειμαι.