ἀνακλάω
anaklao
weep aloud, burst into tears; cry, wail, lament
Appears 29 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνακλάω, A. bend back, ξύλα Fract. 13; ἀνακλάσας δέρην Or. 1471 (lyr.); ταὧς ἀ. οὐράν 12.2; ἀ. τὴν γλῶσσαν πρὸς τὸν οὐρανόν CA 1.7; to a wrestler, ἀνάκλα POxy. 466.29 (ii A. D.):—Pass., πίοιμι τὸν τράχηλον ἀνακεκλασμένη with my neck bent back, 54, cf. 5.25 (Act.); but in Medic., τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀνακεκλασμένην μεσσηγὺ τῶν ὠμοπλατέων κέεσθαι SA 1.6; ἀνακεκλασμένοι with eyelids slightly open, Coac. 64. 2. break short off, or more prob., fend off, μηχανὰς βρόχους περιβάλλοντες ἀ. 2.76; prob. in 66.4. 3. metaph., ἀ. ἐπʼ ἄλλα τὴν διάνοιαν 2.359a. II. of light, reflect, ib.696a, al.:—Pass., Mete. 340a28, al.; τοσοῦτον ἀνακλασθῆναι τῶν ἀδυνάτων εἶναί φασιν that [the rays] should be so much reflected, ib. 343b7; of sound, to be reverberated, Sens. 53; of a ball, rebound, Ph. 255b27. 2. ἀνακλώμενος, in metre, of the overlapping of Ionic feet, μέτρον ἀνακλώμενον 12, cf. Sch. ad loc.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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