ἀνακρού-ω,
poetry ἀγκρ-, push back a gate-pin, βάλανον[[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 18.6] Refs 4th c.BC+]; stop short, check, ἵππον χαλινῷ[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.3] Refs 5th c.BC+]; back horses, τὸ ζεῦγος[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 2] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, [[ 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “in Aristotelis Physica paraphrasis - pars” 130.25. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 ἀπὸ χερσοῦ νῆα.. ἀνακρούεσκον thrust her off from shore, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1650] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; throw up, δίσκον[[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 2.5. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II in middle, ἀνακρούεσθαι πρύμνην put one's ship astern, by backing water, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 399, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.18] Refs 5th c.BC+]; or ἀνακρούεσθαι alone, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.38, 40; [ἐπὶ] πρύμνην ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.84] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but νῆας ἀ., simply row back, [[ 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 523: _metaphorically_, τὸν λόγον πάλιν ἀ.] Refs 3rd c.AD+] put back and make a fresh start, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 13d; παῦε.. μικρὸν ἀνακρουόμενος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 8; ὥσπερ ἁρμονίαν ἐκλελυμένην ἀ. αὖθις ἐπὶ σώφρονα νόμον καὶ βίον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cleomenes” 16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 in Music, strike up, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.31] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: hence, begin a speech, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.22.11. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]