ἀνα-σπάω,
poetry ἀνσπ,
draw, pull up, σπυρίδα[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
b)
draw a ship
up on land, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
draw, suck up greedily, ὅταν αἷμ᾽ ἀνασπάσῃ κόνις[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ποτόν, τροφήν, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὕδωρ ἀ.
draw water, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
draw back, τὴν χεῖρα[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—so in
middle, ἐκ χροὸς ἔγχος ἀνεσπάσατ᾽[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
4)
tear up, pull down, τὰ ἀγάλματα ἐκ τῶν βάθρων[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5)
metaphorically, ἀνασπᾶν λόγους, in [
Refs 5th c.BC+],
draw forth words,
utter wild, incoherent words; ἀνασπῶντ᾽ αὐτοπρέμνοις τοῖς λόγοισιν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—the phrase may be explanation from [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (ὥσπερ ἐκ φαρέτρας ῥηματίσκια. ἀνασπῶντες) and [
Refs 4th c.BC+] (πόθεν. τούτους ἀνεσπάκασιν οὗτοι τοὺς λόγου;); so ἀ. γνωμίδιον[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
6) τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν
pucker the eyebrows, and so put on a grave important air, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακὼς ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
retract, ὁ στόμαχος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
carry away from home, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]