βαστάζω,
[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.594, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future -άσω[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1019, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 920] Refs 5th c.BC+]; late -άξω [[3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 1.45, etc.] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: aorist ἐβάστασα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.405, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 437 (Lyric poetry), etc.; late ἐβάσταξα “PFay.” 122, LXX.Sir.6.25, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.8.7, epigram cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.52] LXX+8th c.BC+]:—passive, future βασταχθήσομαι [[ 3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 1.42: ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]aorist ἐβαστάχθην[[ Nic.Dam. p.114D., 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.59, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.693e ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist 2 βασταγῆναι [[ 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.68: ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]perfect βεβάσταγμαι (ἐμ-) [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ocyp.” 14 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—lift up, raise, λᾶαν βαστάζοντα.. ἀμφοτέρῃσι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.594; ἐπεὶ μέγα τόξον ἐβάστασε 21.405; πεπτῶτα β. τινά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 827, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; lift a veil, [[ [prev. author] “El.” 1470 ] Refs]:—passive, of sluice-gates, [[ “PRyl.” 81.6 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, lift up, exalt, ennoble, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.19; β. τινὰ χαρίτεσσιν [prev. author] “I.” 3.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II bear, carry, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1019, etc.; χερσὶν β. τινά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1129, compare 1216; δόρυ 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 46.2 (_anapaest meter_), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.78; ὅπλα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 107. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]