ἀνασπάω

ἀνασπάω, poet. ἀνσπ-, A. draw, pull up, σπυρίδα Hdt. 5.16, cf. 4.154; βύβλον ἐκ τῶν ἑλέων Id. 2.92:—Pass., BGU 1041.8 (iii A.D.). b. draw a ship up on land, Pi. P. 4.27, Hdt. 7.188, Th. 4.9. 2. draw, suck up greedily, ὅταν αἷμʼ ἀνασπάσῃ κόνις A. Eu. 647; ἀ. ὑγρόν Hp. VM 22; ἀ. ποτόν, τροφήν, Arist. HA 495a26, PA 661a19; ὕδωρ ἀ. draw water, Th. 4.97. 3. draw back, τὴν χεῖρα Ar. Pl. 691:—so in Med., ἐκ χροὸς ἔγχος ἀνεσπάσατʼ Il. 13.574. 4. tear up, pull down, τὰ ἀγάλματα ἐκ τῶν βάθρων Hdt. 5.86; τὴν σκηνήν Id. 7.119; τὸ σταύρωμα Th. 6.100; τύμβους E. Med. 1381, cf. Ba. 949; δένδρα Arist. HA 497b29,al.; τὰς σανιδας τῆς γεφύρας Plb. 2.5.5; πυλίδας Id. 5.39.4, etc. 5. metaph., ἀνασπᾶν λόγους, in S. Aj. 302, draw forth words, utter wild, incoherent words; ἀνασπῶντʼ αὐτοπρέμνοις τοῖς λόγοισιν Ar. Ra. 903:—the phrase may be expl. from Pl. Tht. 180a (ὥσπερ ἐκ φαρέτρας ῥηματίσκια . . ἀνασπῶντες) and Men. 429 (πόθεν . . τούτους ἀνεσπάκασιν οὗτοι τοὺς λόγους;); so ἀ. γνωμίδιον Ar. Fr. 49D. 6. τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν pucker the eyebrows, and so put on a grave important air, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακὼς ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν Id. Ach. 1069, cf. Alex. 16, D. 19.314; ἔβλεψε νᾶπυ καὶ τὰ μέτωπʼ ἀνέσπασεν Ar. Eq. 631; μέχρι νεφέων τὴν ὀφρὺν ἀ. Philem. 174, cf. X. Smp. 3.10; οἱ τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπασμένοι πρὸς τὸν κρόταφον Arist. Phgn. 812b27. II. retract, ὁ στόμαχος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀ. Hp. Superf. 22, Steril. 217. III. carry away from home, Luc. Tox. 28 codd.