ἀνάπτω

anapto

make fast on

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 4
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Book V 1
Chapter 7 541b19–33

541b29
Book VI 1
Chapter 24 577b19–578a5

577b21
Book VIII 1
Chapter 24 604a22–605a15

604b11
Book IX 1
Chapter 47 630b31–631a7

631a5
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 4
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Chapter 10 831a22–26

831a24
Chapter 33 832b26–28

832b27
Chapter 34 832b29–30

832b29
Chapter 115 841a27–841b1

841a32
Rhetoric 3
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Book II 2
Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18

1393b16
1393b22
Book III 1
Chapter 10 1410b6–1411b21

1411b13
Generation of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 747a23–749a6

748a33
Metaphysics 1
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Book Μ 1
Chapter 4 1078b7–1079b11

1078b22

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνάπτω, A. make fast on or to, Hom. (only Od.), ἐκ δʼ αὐτοῦ [ἱστοῦ] πείρατʼ ἀνῆπτον Od. 12.179, cf. 51, 162; πρυμνήσιʼ ἀνάψαι 9.137: c. dat., γαίῃ A.R. 2.177; ἀ. τι πρός τι E. HF 1012:— Med., ἐκ τοῦδʼ ἀναψόμεσθα πρυμνήτην κάλων to him will we moor our bark, i.e. he shall be our protector, Id. Med. 770, etc.; θεοῖσι κῆδος ἀνάψασθαι form a close connexion with . . , Id. Tr. 845; χάριτας ἔς τινα ἀ. confer favours on . . , Id. Ph. 569; also, fasten to oneself, ἐπιστολὴν ἐκ τῶν δακτύλων ἀ. Din. 1.36; take in tow, ναῦν D.S. 13.19, Plu. Cam. 8; τὸ κράτος Ph. 1.474:—Pass., to be fastened or fasten oneself on to, cling to, c. gen., πέπλων E. HF 629: c. dat., κίοσιν ib.1038 (prob., lyr.); have a thing fastened on one, περιβόλαιʼ ἀνήμμεθα ib.549. 2. hang up in a temple, offer up, like ἀνατίθημι, πολλὰ δʼ ἀγάλματʼ ἀνῆψεν Od. 3.274, cf. Arist. Fr. 572, Lyc. 853, Philostr. VA 1.11, Tryph. 256. 3. metaph., fasten upon, attach to, μῶμον ἀνάψαι Od. 2.86; αἷμα ἀ. τινί a charge of bloodshed, dub. in E. Andr. 1196, cf. Ps.-Phoc. 70, etc.; κήδεʼ ἀνῆπταί τινι A.R. 2.245; ascribe, refer to, τοὺς λόγους εἰς ἀριθμοὺς ἀ. Arist. Metaph. 1078b22; ἀρχήν, αἰτίαν ἀ. εἰς τὸν Πύθιον Plu. Lyc. 6, etc.; χάριν ἀ. τινί ascribe a favour to him, Id. Ant. 46; τὴν χάριν εἰς Καίσαρα πάντων ἀνῆπτεν Id. Brut. 6; τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν ἀνάψασι Porph. Abst. 2.3:—Med., attach oneself, πρὸς πολλούς Phld. Herc. 1457.8. II. light up, kindle, λύχνα Hdt. 2.133; πῦρ E. Or. 1137; φῶς Pl. Ti. 39b; πυρὶ ἀ. δόμους E. Or. 1594: metaph., νέφος οἰμωγῆς ὡς τάχʼ ἀνάψει Id. Med. 107:—Pass., to be kindled, Zeno Stoic. 1.31, etc. 2. inflame with anger, Lib. Or. 68.35:—Pass., ib.33.15, Ps.-Callisth. 3.22; excite emotionally, Phld. Po. 1425.20. 3. intr., to be lighted up, Arist. Mir. 841a32.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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