ἀναΐσσω

anaisso

start up

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 2
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Book 15 1
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1586
Book 23 1
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23203
Odyssey 2
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Book 18 1
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1840
Book 24 1
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24463

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναΐσσω [ᾰνᾱ], Att. contr. ἀνᾴσσω, used also by Pi.:—A. start up, μὴ πρὶν ἀναΐξειαν Ἀρήϊοι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν Il. 4.114; ὅτε δὴ . . ἀναΐξειεν Ὀδυσσεύς whenever he rose to speak, 3.216; of a spring, gush forth, 22.148: so in later Poets, μυελὸς στέρνων ἐντὸς ἀνᾴσσων springing fresh within the breast, A. Ag. 77 cj. Herm., cf. Pers. 96 cj. Brunck; ὀρθοὶ ἀνῇξαν πάντες E. Hel. 1600; βωμὸς ἀνᾴσσων an altar rising up, Pi. O. 13.107.—Rare in Prose, ἀναΐσσει νόσημα Hp. Prog. 19; ἀνᾴξας, of a hare, X. Cyn. 6.17. 2. c. acc., ἀναΐξας . . ἅρμα καὶ ἵππους having leapt upon it, Il. 24.440. 3. Act., cause to start up, ἀνήϊξεν δὲ φέβεσθαι Opp. C. 1.107.

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