ἀναπέτομαι

anapetomai

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book V 1
Chapter 30 556a14–556b20

556b14
Book VIII 1
Chapter 17 600a27–601a22

601a9
Book IX 3
Chapter 8 613b6–614a33

613b20

Chapter 12 615a20–615b18

615b2

Chapter 36 620a17–620b9

620a32
Parts of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 657a25–658a10

657b27
Book IV 1
Chapter 6 682a35–683b3

683a32
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 79 836a7–18

836a12

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναπέτομαι, poet. ἀμπέταμαι IG 14.1934A. f, late ἀναπετάομαι v.l. in Gp. 2.5.12: fut. -πτήσομαι: aor. ἀνεπτόμην or ἀνεπτάμην, in Trag. also ἀνέπτην, 3pl. ἀνέπτησαν Ant.Lib. 14.4:—fly up, fly away, ἢν . . ἀναπτῆσθε ἐς τὸν οὐρανόν Hdt. 4.132, cf. 5.55; οἰχήσονται ἀναπτόμενοι Antipho Fr. 58; αἰθερία δʼ ἀνέπτα E. Med. 440; ἀνʼ ὑγρὸν ἀμπταίην αἰθέρα Id. Ion 796; ἀναπέτομαι δὴ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον Anacr. 24 = Ar. Av. 1372, cf. 35, Lys. 774; εἰ . . πτηνὸς γενόμενος ἀνάπτοιτο Pl. Phd. 109e; εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀναπτήσῃ Id. Lg. 905a, cf. Aeschin. 3.209; hurry off, Luc. Alex. 30: metaph., ἀμπτάμενα φροῦδα πάντα κεῖται E. Andr. 1219. 2. metaph., to be on the wing, περιχαρὴς δʼ ἀνεπτάμαν S. Aj. 693; ἀνέπταν φόβῳ Id. Ant. 1307.—Cf. ἀνίπταμαι.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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