ἀποκρεμάννυμι

apokremannymi

let hang down

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book V 2
Chapter 5 540b6–541a34

540b26

Chapter 21 553a17–553b6

553b3
Book IX 1
Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

620b14

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποκρεμάννυμι, fut. -κρεμάσω, Att. -κρεμῶ:—A. let hang down, αὐχένʼ ἀπεκρέμασεν, of a dying bird, Il. 23.879; χορδὰν πλῆκτρον ἀπεκρέμασε the plectrum broke the string so that it hung down, AP 9.584; ἡ προβολὴ τῶν χειρῶν ἀ. τὸ σῶμα renders unsteady, Philostr. Gym. 34; ἰσχύν relax, ib.53:—Pass., hang down, Arist. Pr. 948b4; break forth from, πηγὰς -υμένας τῶν ὀρῶν Philostr. VA 6.26: metaph., become detached, γνώμη μὴ -ύσθω οὗ ζητεῖ Id. VS 2.9.2; οὐσίαι ἀποκεκρεμασμέναι τῶν οἰκείων ἑνάδων Dam. Pr. 213. II. hang up, suspend, τὸν φαρετρεῶνα Hdt. 1.216.

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