ἀνατίθημι,
perfect ἀνατέθηκα[
Refs], etc:—
lay upon, once in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἄχθος
lay on as a burden, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in good sense, ἀ. κῦδός τινι[
Refs 5th c.BC+]. b.
middle,
put on board ship, [
Refs]
2) in Prose,
refer, attribute, a thing to a person, μεγάλα οἱ χρήματα ἀ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ γὰρ ἄν οἱ πυραμίδα ἀνέθεσαν ποιήσασθαι would not
have attributed to her the erection of the pyramid,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰμή, ὅταν. εὖ πράξητε, ἐμοὶ ἀναθήσετε
will give me
the credit of it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also,
compare, τινὰ εἴς τι[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
lay them
upon him,
entrust them to him, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
set up as a votive gift, dedicate, τινί τι[
Refs 8th c.BC+];
dedicate a book, [
Refs]; ἀ. τινά
set up a statue of., [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; incorrectly of burial, [
Refs]:—
passive, ἀνατεθῆναι[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἀνάκειμαι.
II.2)
set up, erect, [στήλην] παρὰ βωμόν, νεών, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:
metaphorically,
dedicate, μακραγορίαν λύρᾳ[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὰς ἀκοὰς τοῖς ἀκροάμασι
give them
up to, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.3)
set up and leave in a place, ἀ. τινὰ ἐπὶ κρημνόν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ζῶντα (on a cross) [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III)
put back, τί γὰρ παρ᾽ ἦμαρ ἡμέρα τέρπειν ἔχει, προσθεῖσα κἀναθεῖσα τοῦ γε κατθανεῖ; pushing us forward or
moving us
back on the verge of death, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B)
middle,
put upon for oneself, ἀναθέσθαι τὰ σκεύη ἐπὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
pack on one's cart, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς ὤμοις ἀ. τινά
put on one's shoulders, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; frequently like
active, ἀ. τινὰ ἐφ᾽ ἵππον[
Refs]
B.2)
impart, communicate something
one's own, τινί τι[
NT+1st c.AD+]
B.3)
remit, refer, ἀ. περί τινος εἰς σύγκλητον
refer the consideration of it to the Senate, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
B.II)
place differently, change about, e.g. the men on a draught-board, ἀνὰ πάντα τιθεσθαι variant in Oracle texts cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.II.2)
take back a move at πεττοί, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence
metaphorically,
retract one's opinion, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀνατίθεμυι μὴ οὐ.
retract and say this is not so, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]