ἀνατρέχω
anatrecho
run back
Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνατρέχω, fut. -δραμοῦμαι Ind. 4, poet. 3sg. -δράμεται AP 9.575 (): aor. -έδραμον (v. infr.); aor. subj. Med. ἀναδράμηται Ep. 19 (Hermes 53.69):—A. run back, ὁ μὲν αὖθις ἀνέδραμε Il. 16.813, cf. 11.354; ἀνά τʼ ἔδραμʼ ὀπίσσω 5.599; return, of the sea, 2.915a; εἰς τὰς ἐξ ἀρχῆς τάξεις 2.67.6; εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ φύσιν Pel. 31; εἰς τὴν προϋπάρχουσαν φιλίαν 20.59; of property, revert, ἐπί τινα Nov. 7.4; in writing, recur to a point, ἐπί τι 5.40.4: abs., ἀ. τοῖς χρόνοις 1.12.6,al. 2. c. acc., retrace, traverse, κῦδος ἀνέδραμον ὕμνῳ O. 8.54, cf. 10; undo, ἁμαρτιαν 15D.; ἀ. τὴν τῆς φύσεως ἐλάττωσιν make amends for, 2.2c, cf. Ind. 4. 3. revert, ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους, τὴν ὕλην, 5.8.1; return to source, of light,4.5.7; run back to (logically), ἐπὶ τὴν κοινοτάτην αἰτίαν D. 1.16, cf. 6.1.30. 4. have recourse to, ἐπὶ . . Abd. 11, al., Hist.p.251 II. jump up and run, start up, of men, ἀναδραμὼν ἔθεε 3.36; ἐκ τῆς κοίτης, ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου, 7.15,212; πρὸς τὰ μετέωρα 3.89, cf. HG 4.4.4. 2. of things, ἐγκεφαλος δὲ . . ἀνέδραμεν ἐξ ὠτειλῆς the brains spurted up from the wound, Il. 17.297; σμώδιγγες . . ἀνέδραμον weals started up under the blow, 23.717; slip up, 18(1).829; run or spread over, τὸ πάθος ἀ. ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα 2.978c; ἔρευθος ἀ. Lav.Pall. 27. 3. run up, shoot up, of plants, ὁ δʼ ἀνέδραμεν ἔρνεϊ ἶσος Il. 18.56, cf. 8.55: hence, of cities and peoples, shoot up, rise quickly, ἀνά τʼ ἔδραμον καὶ εὐθενήθησαν 1.66, cf. 7.156; ἀ. εἰς ἀξίωμα Publ. 21; ἀ. τοῖς βίοις, ταῖς ἐλπίσι, 5.12, 18.20; ἀ. ἡ πολυτέλεια increased, Mar. 34. 4. λίσση δʼ ἀναδέδρομε πέτρη the rock ran sheer up, Od. 5.412. 5. metaph., soar aloft, of digression to a nobler theme, ἀνέδραμε πρὸς τὴν ἐν οὐρανῷ λύραν in SE 40.23.
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