βαστάζω

bastazo

lift up, raise

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mundo 1
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Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

400b2
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 155 846a6–21

846a12
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30

1413b12

Dictionary (LSJ)

βαστάζω, Od. 11.594, etc.: fut. -άσω A. Pr. 1019, S. Aj. 920; late -άξω Ps.-Callisth. 1.45, etc.: aor. ἐβάστασα Od. 21.405, Ar. Th. 437 (lyr.), etc.; late ἐβάσταξα PFay. 122, LXXSi. 6.25, J. AJ 3.8.7, Epigr. ap. Stob. 1.49.52:—Pass., fut. βασταχθήσομαι Ps.-Callisth. 1.42: aor. ἐβαστάχθην Nic.Dam.p.114D., D.L. 4.59, Ath. 15.693e: aor. 2 βασταγῆναι Artem. 2.68: pf. βεβάσταγμαι (ἐμ-) Luc. Ocyp. 14:—Α. lift up, raise, λᾶαν βαστάζοντα . . ἀμφοτέρῃσι Od. 11.594; ἐπεὶ μέγα τόξον ἐβάστασε 21.405; πεπτῶτα β. τινά S. Aj. 827, etc.; lift a veil, Id. El. 1470:—Pass., of sluice-gates, PRyl. 81.6 (ii A. D.). 2. metaph., lift up, exalt, ennoble, Pi. O. 12.19; β. τινὰ χαρίτεσσιν Id. I. 3.8. II. bear, carry, A. Pr. 1019, etc.; χερσὶν β. τινά S. El. 1129, cf. 1216; δόρυ Hermipp. 46.2 (anap.), Theoc. 16.78; ὅπλα Men. Epit. 107. 2. hold in oneʼs hands, S. El. 905; χεροῖν Id. Ph. 657, cf. 1127 (lyr.); of books, συνεχῶς β. Epicur. Ep. 2p.35U.:—in Pass., to be popular, Arist. Rh. 1413b12. 3. β. ἐν γνώμῃ bear in mind, consider, weigh, A. Pr. 888; φρενί Ar. Th. 437 (lyr.); β. προβούλευμα deliberate on . . , Eup. 73; βαστάσας αἱρήσομαι on consideration, Id. 303. 4. bear, endure, οὐκέτι βαστάζω τὴν σεῖο διαζυγίην AP 5.8 (Rufin.). 5. produce, yield, of land, PGiss. 6 iii 8 (ii A. D.). III. carry off, take away, Ev.Jo. 20.15; steal, Plb. 32.15.4, J. AJ 1.19.9, D.L. 4.59, Luc. Asin. 16, PTeb. 330.7 (ii A. D.), perh. also in Ev.Jo. 12.6, Ath. 2.46f (Pass.). 2. in Pass., to be sublimated, Zos.Alch.p.198 B. IV. in Trag., touch, χέρα ἄνακτος . . τῇδε β. χερί A. Ag. 35; embrace, σῶμα S. OC 1105.—Not in Att. Prose: Pass. first in Plb.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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