ἀναπτύσσω
anaptysso
unfold
Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀναπτύσσω, pf. inf. Pass. ἀνεπτύχθαι El. 357: aor. Pass. ἀνεπτύχθην Judic. 3, but -επτύγην Int. 48:—A. unfold the rolls on which books were written, open for reading, ἀ. τὸ βιβλίον 1.125, cf. 48; δέλτων ἀναπτύσσοιμι γῆρυν Fr. 370: also ἀ. πύλας, κύτος, undo, open, IT 1286, Ion 39; χλαμύδα Demetr. 42; even χεῖλος H. 3.247; ἀναπτύξασ χέρας with arms outspread, Hipp. 1190; σεισμοὶ -ξαντες τὴν ἁρμονίαν τῶν ὀρῶν Im. 2.17:—Med., fold up, PA 664b27, al. b. cut open, of freshly killed animals, Pherecyd 97 , Ven. 17.3, PMag.Leid.V. 10.1, etc. c. ruminate, chew, H. 1.137. 2. unfold, disclose, πᾶν ἀ. πάθος Pers. 254, 294; πάντʼ ἀναπτύσσει χρόνος Fr. 301; ἀ. πρὸς φῶς El. 639, cf. HF 1256; φρένα πρός τινα Tr. 662: in later Prose, Antr. 4. II. as military term, τὴν φάλαγγα ἀ. fold back the phalanx, i.e. deepen it by countermarching from front to rear, Cyr. 7.5.3; conversely, τὸ κέρας ἀ. open out the wing, i.e. extend the line by countermarching from rear to front, An. 1.10.9, cf. Pel. 23, Tact. 9.5.
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