ἀνανεύω

ananeuo

throw the head back

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 4
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Book I 2
Chapter ?

350e4
351c5
Book IV 1
Chapter ?

437b1
Book VIII 1
Chapter ?

561c3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνανεύω, fut. -νεύσομαι Pl. R. 350e, -νεύσω Luc. Sat. 1: aor. ἀνένευσα, etc.:—A. throw the head back in token of denial, make signs of refusal, opp. κατανεύω, ἐπινεύω, ὡς ἔφατʼ εὐχομένη, ἀνένευε δὲ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη Il. 6.311; ἀνένευε καρήατι 22.205; ὀφρύσι Od. 9.468, cf. Hdt. 5.51, Ar. Lys. 126, Pl. R. l. c., etc. 2. c. acc. rei, deny, refuse, ἕτερον μὲν ἔδωκε πατήρ, ἕτερον δʼ ἀνένευσε Il. 16.250: c. fut. inf., σόον δʼ ἀνένευσε μάχης ἒξ ἀπονέεσθαι 16.252:—Pass., ἀνανενευμένη rejected, Ph. 1.146. 3. later, c. gen. rei, look up from, Alciphr. 3.53; go back from, ἀπὸ τοῦ ψεύδους Arr. Epict. 2.26.3. II. generally, throw the head up: hence ἀνανενευκώς upright, [τὰς σαρίσας] ἀ. φέρουσι Plb. 18.13.3, cf. 1.23.5. Astron., tilt back, of the pole, opp. κατανεύω, Eudox. Ars 6.

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