ἀναρτάω

anartao

hang to

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 1
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525c7
Ion 1
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533e3
Laws 1
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Book V 1
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729e4
Menexenus 1
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247e7
Meno 1
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88e6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναρτάω, A. hang to or upon, ὀνάρταις (Aeol. pres. part.) χέρρας ὐμ ἐμμάτων Alc. Supp. 4.21; λαιμὸν ἀ. μελάθρῳ A.R. 3.789; hang up, ἑαυτόν Plu. 2.841a; τὸ ζῆν ib.314b:—but mostly, 2. metaph., attach to, make dependent upon, δήμῳ . . μήτε πᾶν ἀναρτήσῃς κράτος E. Fr. 626.1; ἀ. ἑαυτὸν εἰς δῆμον D. Ep. 3.23; ἐς θεοὺς ἀ. τι leave it depending upon them, E. Ph. 705; Rhet., ἀ. τι τῇ ὑποστάσει Aristid. Rh. 1p.480S. 3. keep in suspense, Alciphr. 1.22; uplift, ταῖς ὑποσχέσεσι Lib. Decl. 33.26. 4. suspend, i. e. withhold, c. dat., τὸ σιτηρέσιόν τινι Just. Nov. 88.2.1. II. Pass., to be hung up, παραδείγματα ἀνηρτημένους as examples, Pl. Grg. 525c. 2. depend upon, ἔκ τινος Id. Ion 533e: metaph., ἐλπίσιν ἐξ ἐλπίδων ἀναρτωμένους clinging to one hope after another, D. 19.18; ἀνηρτῆσθαι εἰς . . to be referred or referable to . . , τὰ ἁμαρτήματα . . εἰς θεὸν ἀνηρτημένα τιμωρόν Pl. Lg. 729e; τὰ ἄλλα πάντα εἰς τὴν ψυχὴν ἀ. Id. Men. 88e; ὅτῳ ἀνδρὶ εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἀνήρτηται πάντα Id. Mx. 247e; ἀνηρτημένοι ταῖς ὄψεσιν πρός τινα hanging on one with their eyes, Plu. Oth. 3; ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις εἴς τι Id. 2.989d; ἀνηρτημένοι ταῖς ψυχαῖς in suspense, D.S. 33.5. III. Med., also with pf. Pass., = Act., D.H. 11.46: hence, attach to oneself, make dependent upon one, τινά X. Cyr. 1.4.1; subdue, ib.1.1.5.

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