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ἀνακλάω

ἀνακλάω, to bend back

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ἀνακλᾶον present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular of ἀνακλάω

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ἀνακλάω,
  • bend back, ξύλα Hp. Fract. 13; ἀνακλάσας δέρην E. Or. 1471 (lyr.); ταὧς ἀ. οὐράν D.Chr. 12.2; ἀ. τὴν γλῶσσαν πρὸς τὸν οὐρανόν Aret. CA 1.7; to a wrestler, ἀνάκλα POxy. 466.29 (ii A. D.):—Pass., πίοιμι τὸν τράχηλον ἀνακεκλασμένη with my neck bent back, Theopomp.Com. 54, cf. D.Chr. 5.25 (Act.); but in Medic., τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀνακεκλασμένην μεσσηγὺ τῶν ὠμοπλατέων κέεσθαι Aret. SA 1.6; ἀνακεκλασμένοι with eyelids slightly open, Hp. Coac. 64.
      • 2 break short off, or more prob., fend off, μηχανὰς βρόχους περιβάλλοντες ἀ. Th. 2.76; prob. in D.C. 66.4.
      • 3 metaph., ἀ. ἐπʼ ἄλλα τὴν διάνοιαν Plu. Isid. 2.359a.
    • II of light, reflect, ib. QConv. 696a, al.:—Pass., Arist. Mete. 340a28, al.; τοσοῦτον ἀνακλασθῆναι τῶν ἀδυνάτων εἶναί φασιν that [the rays] should be so much reflected, ib. 343b7; of sound, to be reverberated, Thphr. Sens. 53; of a ball, rebound, Arist. Ph. 255b27.
      • 2 ἀνακλώμενος, in metre, of the overlapping of Ionic feet, μέτρον ἀνακλώμενον Heph. 12, cf. Sch. ad loc.

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