ἀναπηδάω

anapedao

leap up, start up

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 2
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 11 596b10–18

596b18
Book IX 1
Chapter 6 611b32–612b17

611b34
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 127 842b14–26

842b16
Chapter 138 844b1–22

844b11

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναπηδάω, poet. ἀμπ-, fut. -ήσομαι Luc. Asin. 53:—A. leap up, start up, esp. in haste or fear, ἐκ λόχου ἀμπήδησε Il. 11.379; ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου Hdt. 3.155; ἀναπηδῶσιν πάντες ἐπʼ ἔργον jump up from bed, Ar. Av. 490, cf. X. Cyr. 1.4.2; ἀ. πρὸς τὸν πάππον jump up on his knees, ib.1.3.9; start up to speak, ἀ. ἐν δήμῳ Cratin. 356, cf. Ar. Ec. 428; ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα Aeschin. 3.173, cf. 1.71. 2. of water, spring, Arist. HA 596b18. 3. Medic., swell up, Hp. Gland. 2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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