Plato Greek Lexicon ἀναφέρω

ἀναφέρω

anaphero

bring, carry up

Appears 17 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναφέρω, poet. ἀμφ-, fut. ἀνοίσω: aor. ἀνήνεγκα, Ion. ἀνήνεικα, also inf. ἀνοῖσαι Hdt. 1.157: I. bring, carry up, [Κέρβερον] ἐξ Ἀΐδαο Od. 11.625; ἐκ τῆς ἰλύος ψῆγμα ἀ. χρυσοῦ Hdt. 4.195, cf. 3.102 (as v.l. for -φορέω) ; ἀ. τινὰ εἰς Ὄλυμπον, εἰς θεούς, X. Smp. 8.30 (Pass.), Plu. Rom. 28, etc.; in histor. writers, carry up the country, esp. into Central Asia, Hdt. 6.30; raise up, εἰς τὸ ἄνω Hp. Art. 37; ἀ. πόδα lift it, E. Ph. 1410:—Med., carry up to a place of safety, take with one, Hdt. 3.148; remove oneʼs goods, 8.32,36, etc. b. esp. carry up to the Acropolis, put by, of treasure, And. 3.7, X. Vect. 5.12, Aeschin. 2.174, etc. 2. bring up, pour forth, of tears, ἑτοιμότερα γέλωτος ἀ. λίβη A. Ch. 447; αἵματος πλῆθος ἀ. spit up, Plu. Cleom. 15; ἀ. φωνάς, στεναγμούς, Id. 2.433c, Alex. 52:—Med., ἀνενείκασθαι, abs., fetch up a deep-drawn breath, heave a deep sigh, μνησάμενος δʼ ἁδινῶς ἀνενείκατο Il. 19.314; ἀνενεικάμενόν τε καὶ ἀναστενάξαντα Hdt. 1.86 (where others, having recovered himself, come to himself, v. infr. II.7): in Alex. Poets, utter, ἀνενείκατο μῦθον, φωνήν, A.R. 3.463,635. 3. uphold, take upon one, ἄχθος A. Ch. 841; κινδύνους Th. 3.38; διαβολάς, πόλεμον, etc., Plb. 1.36.3, 4.45.9, etc.; πολλῶν ἀ. ἁμαρτίας LXX Is. 53.12, Ep.Heb. 9.28. 4. offer in sacrifice, ib.7.27, 13.15, etc.: abs., make expiation or compensation, GDI 3537, al. (Cnidus). 5. raise up, yield, ἀρχαῖαι ἀρεταὶ ἀμφέροντʼ ἀνδρῶν σθένος Pi. N. 11.38. 6. intr., lead up, of a road, ἁμαξιτὸς εἰς τὸν Πειραιᾶ ἀ. X. HG 2.4.10, cf. Plb. 8.29.1, Inscr.Prien. 37.161. II. bring or carry back, εἰς τοὔπισθεν ἀ. πόδα E. Ph. 1410: freq. in Prose, ἀ. τὰς κώπας recover the oars (after pulling them through the water), Th. 2.84; ἡ εἰρεσία ἀναφέρεται Plu. Demetr. 53, Ant. 26. 2. bring back tidings, report, παρά τινα Hdt. 1.47; ἔς τινα Id. 1.91, Th. 5.28, etc.; τὰ ἐκ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀνενεγκόντες Decr. ap. D. 18.75:—Pass., Hdt. 1.141, al. 3. bring back from exile, Th. 5.16. 4. carry back, trace oneʼs family to an ancestor, τὸ Ἡρακλέους γένος εἰς Περσέα ἀναφέρεται Pl. Alc. 1.120e; without γένος, ἀ. εἰς Ἡρακλέα Id. Tht. 175a. 5. refer a matter to another, βουλεύματα ἐς τὸ κοινόν Hdt. 3.80; ἐς ἀφανὲς τὸν μῦθον ἀ. Id. 2.23; ἁμαρτίαν εἴς τινα ἀ. ascribe E. Or. 76, Ba. 29, etc.; τῆς κηλῖδος εἰς ὑμᾶς -ομένης Antipho 3.3.11; τὴν αἰτίαν εἴς τινα Lys. 22.8; rarely ἀ. τί τινι E. Or. 432, Lys. 12.81; τι ἐπί τινα D. 18.224, Aeschin. 3.215; τι ἐπί τι Pl. Phd. 76d; τι πρός τι Arist. EN 1101b19 (Pass.), al.; ποῖ δίκην ἀνοίσομεν; to whom shall we refer the judgement? E. Ion 253; τὴν ἀπόδοσιν εἴς τινα D. 34.46:—Pass., to be attributed (of authorship), εἰς Μητρόδωρον Phld. Herc. 1005.8; to be traced to, derived from, ἐπί τι ib.1251.11. 6. Pass., refer to, of a statement, πρός τι Ps.-Alex.Aphr.in SE 127.8. b. without acc., ἀ. εἴς τινα refer or appeal to another, make reference to him, Hdt. 3.71, Pl. Ap. 20e; ἔς τινα περί τινος Hdt. 1.157, 7.149; ἀ. πρός τι refer to something as to a standard, Hp. VM 9; ἐκεῖσε ἀ. Pl. R. 484c, cf. Phdr. 237d. c. report, μέτρα καὶ γειτνίας καὶ ἀξίας PTeb. 14.11 (ii B.C.), etc.:—Pass., ib.10.3 (ii B.C.): abs., make a report, τινί PRyl. 233.8 (ii A.D.), PFay. 129.8 (iii A.D.). 7. bring back, restore, πόλιν ἐκ πονήρων πραγμάτων Th. 8.97; ἀ. ἑαυτόν Ael. NA 13.12:—Pass., come to oneself, recover, μόγις δὴ τότε ἀνενειχθεὶς εἶπε (v. supr. Ι.2) Hdt. 1.116; ἄφωνος ἐγένετο, ἔπειτα πάλιν ἀνηνέχθη Theopomp.Com. 66:—so, b. intr. in Act., come to oneself, recover, τῷ πόματι ἀνέφερον (sc. ἑαυτούς) Hdt. 3.22, cf. Hp. Aph. 2.43, D. 16.31; ἐκ τραύματος D.H. 4.67; ἐξ ὕπνων Plu. Cam. 23; ἀνέφερέ τις ἐλπὶς ἀμυδρά revived, Id. Alc. 38; ἐκ τοσούτων κυμάτων ἀνενεγκών Eun. Hist.p.227 D. 8. bring into account, εἰς τὸ κοινόν D. 41.8, cf. 11, Philonid. 1 D.; πρὸς ἣν [ἀρχὴν] αἱ πρόσοδοι ἀναφέρονται Arist. Pol. 1321b32. 9. pay over, εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν PHib. 50.2, cf. 42.5. 10. call to mind, consider, Pl. Lg. 829e: also c. gen., App. Pun. 93,112. 11. repeat, Pl. Ti. 26a. 12. recall a likeness, ἀ. πρὸς ἀνδριάντα τὴν ὁμοιότητα τῆς ἰδέας Plu. Brut. 1, cf. 2.53d.
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