ἀνελίσσω
anelisso
unroll
Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνελίσσω, Att. ἀνελίττω, Ep. and Ion. ἀνειλίσσω· (v. ἑλίσσω):—A. unroll, ἀγαθίδα 148 : but mostly, unroll a book, Pr. 914a26 (Pass.); read, interpret it, Mem. 1.6.14; λόγον Phlb. 15e. 2. unravel, ‘explicate’, τὸ συνεσπειραμένον τῆς νοερᾶς ἐπιβολῆς in Euc. p.4F., cf. 34.23; ἀνειλιγμένος ὁρισμός explicit definition, in Ph. 276.28. 3. cause to move backward, πόδα Or. 171. II. roll back, i.e. counteract, ἀνελίττουσαι σφαῖραι Metaph. 1074a2, cf. in Cael. 32.17,al., Hyp. 4.98, TheoSm.p.180H.: metaph., ὅπως ἂν στρέφῃ καὶ ἀνελίττῃ τὸν βίον ὁ θεός Num. 14:—Med., reverse the direction of motion, GA 741b21:—Pass., to be counteracted, Metaph. 1074a7; μίαν δʼ ἀνελίσσετʼ ἀμοιβήν H. 1.420; γλῶσσʼ ἀνελισσομένη moving glibly, Ra. 827. III. intr., πνεύματʼ ἀνειλίσσοντα Al. 596.
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