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ἀναλίσκω

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use up, spend

Appears 66 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναλίσκω E. IT 337, Ar. Th. 1131, Th. 7.48:—also ἀνᾱλόω Hp. VM 10, A. Th. 813, E. Med. 325, Ar. Pl. 248, Arar. 10, Th. 2.24, al., Democr. 280, X. Hier. 11.1: impf. ἀνήλισκον Pl. R. 552b, X. Cyr. 1.2.16, ἀνάλισκον App. BC 3.58, ἀνάλουν Ar. Fr. 220.2, Th. 8.45: fut. ἀνᾱλώσω E. Cyc. 308, Pl. R. 568d: aor. ἀνήλωσα S. Aj. 1049, Lys. 19.18, etc., ἀνάλωσα [ᾱ] E. El. 681 (s. v. l.) and later: pf. ἀνήλωκα Lys. 26.3, etc., and ἀνάλωκα [ᾱ] Th. 2.64 codd. and later:—Pass., fut. ἀνᾱλωθήσομαι E. Hipp. 506, D. 22.19, wrongly ἀνηλωθήσομαι PRev.Laws 51.17 (iii B.C.), ἀνᾱλώσομαι Gal. 15.129: aor. ἀνηλώθην and ἀνᾱλώθην: pf. ἀνήλωμαι and ἀνάλωμαι:—in Attic Inscrr. both forms are found in cent. v, ἀναλίσκω only from cent. iv onwards. The augmented forms are sts. wrongly used, ἀνηλοῦντι POxy. 1143 (i A. D.), ἀνηλώσῃ PStrassb. 92.17 (iii B. C.); cf. ἀνήλωμα: ἀνάλωσα is found at Amorgos, IG 12(7).22.16, and at Delos, ib.11(2).161A 114:—A. use up, spend, Ar. Pl. 381: abs., ib.248; τὰ ἀναλωθέντα ἀποδοῦναι Th. 1.117; ἀ. εἴς τι spend upon a thing, Id. 7.83, Ar. Fr. 220, Pl. Phd. 78a, R. 561a, al.; πρός τι D. 3.19; ὑπὲρ φιλοτιμίας Id. 18.66: c. dat., Ἰσοκράτει ἀργύριον ἀ. spend money in paying him, Id. 35.40:—Pass., τἀνηλωμένα the monies expended Id. 18.113; τοῦτο γὰρ μόνον οὐκ ἔστι τἀνάλωμʼ ἀναλωθὲν λαβεῖν E. Supp. 776. 2. metaph., ἀνήλωσας λόγον hast wasted words, S. Aj. 1049, cf. E. Med. 325; χρόνον καὶ πόνον ἐπί τινι Pl. R. 369e; σώματα καὶ πόνους πολέμῳ Th. 2.64; τὴν τῶν προγόνων δόξαν Pl. Mx. 247b; ἀ. ὕπνον waste time in sleep, Pi. P. 9.27; λόγῳ ἀ. τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας diem eximere dicendo, Plu. Aem. 30. 3. consume, σιτία Hp. VM 10; κρέα Paus. 10.4.10; of animals, in Pass., to be eaten, Pl. Prt. 321b:— Pass., to be expended, εἰς τὴν πιμελήν in forming fat, Arist. GA 727b1, al. II. of persons, kill, destroy, τοὺς ἀναλωθέντας A. Ag. 570, cf. S. OT 1174, Fr. 892, E. El. 681, Th. 8.65:—Med. kill oneself, Id. 3.81: —Pass., to be consumed, perish, Pl. Plt. 272d; to be disposed of, got rid of, ib.289c. (ἀνά, ἁλίσκομαι.)

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