ἀναπτερ-όω,
properly raise its feathers, of a bird: hence metaphorically, raise, set up, ὀρθίους ἐθείρας ἀνεπτέρωκα[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 633. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, set on the wing, put on the tiptoe of expectation, excite, ἀναπτερώσας αὐτὴν οἴχεαι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255c; μῶν τι.. ἄγγελμ᾽ ἀνεπτέρωκε Δαναϊδῶν πόλι; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 876; φόβος μ᾽ ἀναπτεροῖ [prev. author] “Supp.” 89, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 355; ἀ. τινὰ χρηστοῖς λόγοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1449, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 510] Refs 5th c.BC+]: —passive, to be in a state of eager expectation, ἀνεπτερώθης[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 228; ἀ. τὴν ψυχήν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 384; ἀνεπτέρωμαι κλύων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 434; ἀνεπτερωμένων τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.2; ἀνεπτερωμένος θεᾶσθαι [prev. author] “Smp.” 9.5] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναπτερωθεὶς ὑπό τινων ὡς.. being irritated by the remark of some, that.., [[ [prev. author] “HG” 3.1.14. ] Refs]
__II furnish with new wings, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 669] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, get new wings, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 249d.] Refs 5th c.BC+]