ἀναποδ-ίζω,
(πούς) make to step back, call back and question, cross-examine, ἐπειρωτῶν τε καὶ ἀ. τὸν κήρυκα[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92. ; πολλάκις ἀνεπόδιζον τὸν γραμματέα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.192, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Abd.” 17] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 οὐδαμῇ ἄλλῃ ἀνεπόδισε ἑωυτόν in no other passage did he correct himself, retract what he before said, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.116. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 deduct for retrograde motion, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 25.26. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II intransitive, step back, return, ἐπὶ τὴν μονάδα[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.10.12 (corr. Heeren), LXX.Sir.46.4, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 7; εἰς τοὐπίσω 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.6.7] LXX+4th c.BC+]; ἀ. πρὸς.. revert, [[Chor.in “Rh.Mus.” 49.492] Refs]; κύκλον ἀ. recur in a cycle, [[ Hippodamus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.34.71 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; of the retrograde motion of the planets, [[ 2nd c.AD: Theon Smyrnaeus Philosophus p.147 H., 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 5.72, etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically of festivals which fall late in the calendar, [[ 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 8.19.] Refs 1st c.BC+]