ἀνάπτω
anapto
make fast on
Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.
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ἀνάπτω, A. make fast on or to, (only Od.), ἐκ δʼ αὐτοῦ [ἱστοῦ] πείρατʼ ἀνῆπτον Od. 12.179, cf. 51, 162; πρυμνήσιʼ ἀνάψαι 9.137: c. dat., γαίῃ 2.177; ἀ. τι πρός τι HF 1012:— Med., ἐκ τοῦδʼ ἀναψόμεσθα πρυμνήτην κάλων to him will we moor our bark, i.e. he shall be our protector, Med. 770, etc.; θεοῖσι κῆδος ἀνάψασθαι form a close connexion with . . , Tr. 845; χάριτας ἔς τινα ἀ. confer favours on . . , Ph. 569; also, fasten to oneself, ἐπιστολὴν ἐκ τῶν δακτύλων ἀ. 1.36; take in tow, ναῦν 13.19, Cam. 8; τὸ κράτος 1.474:—Pass., to be fastened or fasten oneself on to, cling to, c. gen., πέπλων HF 629: c. dat., κίοσιν ib.1038 (prob., lyr.); have a thing fastened on one, περιβόλαιʼ ἀνήμμεθα ib.549. 2. hang up in a temple, offer up, like ἀνατίθημι, πολλὰ δʼ ἀγάλματʼ ἀνῆψεν Od. 3.274, cf. Fr. 572, 853, VA 1.11, 256. 3. metaph., fasten upon, attach to, μῶμον ἀνάψαι Od. 2.86; αἷμα ἀ. τινί a charge of bloodshed, dub. in Andr. 1196, cf. 70, etc.; κήδεʼ ἀνῆπταί τινι 2.245; ascribe, refer to, τοὺς λόγους εἰς ἀριθμοὺς ἀ. Metaph. 1078b22; ἀρχήν, αἰτίαν ἀ. εἰς τὸν Πύθιον Lyc. 6, etc.; χάριν ἀ. τινί ascribe a favour to him, Ant. 46; τὴν χάριν εἰς Καίσαρα πάντων ἀνῆπτεν Brut. 6; τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν ἀνάψασι Abst. 2.3:—Med., attach oneself, πρὸς πολλούς Herc. 1457.8. II. light up, kindle, λύχνα 2.133; πῦρ Or. 1137; φῶς Ti. 39b; πυρὶ ἀ. δόμους Or. 1594: metaph., νέφος οἰμωγῆς ὡς τάχʼ ἀνάψει Med. 107:—Pass., to be kindled, 1.31, etc. 2. inflame with anger, Or. 68.35:—Pass., ib.33.15, 3.22; excite emotionally, Po. 1425.20. 3. intr., to be lighted up, Mir. 841a32.
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