Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἀναπτύσσω

ἀναπτύσσω

anaptysso

unfold

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναπτύσσω, pf. inf. Pass. ἀνεπτύχθαι E. El. 357: aor. Pass. ἀνεπτύχθην Hp. Judic. 3, but -επτύγην Int. 48:—A. unfold the rolls on which books were written, open for reading, ἀ. τὸ βιβλίον Hdt. 1.125, cf. 48; δέλτων ἀναπτύσσοιμι γῆρυν E. Fr. 370: also ἀ. πύλας, κύτος, undo, open, E. IT 1286, Ion 39; χλαμύδα Plu. Demetr. 42; even χεῖλος Opp. H. 3.247; ἀναπτύξασ χέρας with arms outspread, E. Hipp. 1190; σεισμοὶ -ξαντες τὴν ἁρμονίαν τῶν ὀρῶν Philostr. Im. 2.17:—Med., fold up, Arist. PA 664b27, al. b. cut open, of freshly killed animals, Pherecyd 97 J., Philum. Ven. 17.3, PMag.Leid.V. 10.1, etc. c. ruminate, chew, Opp. H. 1.137. 2. unfold, disclose, πᾶν ἀ. πάθος A. Pers. 254, 294; πάντʼ ἀναπτύσσει χρόνος S. Fr. 301; ἀ. πρὸς φῶς Id. El. 639, cf. E. HF 1256; φρένα πρός τινα Id. Tr. 662: in later Prose, Porph. Antr. 4. II. as military term, τὴν φάλαγγα ἀ. fold back the phalanx, i.e. deepen it by countermarching from front to rear, X. Cyr. 7.5.3; conversely, τὸ κέρας ἀ. open out the wing, i.e. extend the line by countermarching from rear to front, X. An. 1.10.9, cf. Plu. Pel. 23, Arr. Tact. 9.5.

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