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ἀναπετάννυμι

ἀναπετάννυμι, to spread out, unfold, unfurl

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ἀναπετάσαι aorist active optative 3rd singular, aorist active infinitive of ἀναπετάννυμι

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ἀναπετάννῡμι or ἀναπεταννύω X. An. 7.1.17 (cf. ἀναπίτνημι), poet. ἀμπ-; ἀναπετάω Luc. Cal. 21: fut. -πετάσω, Att. -πετῶ Men. Fr. 3 D.:—
  • spread out, unfold, ἀνά θʼ ἱστία λευκὰ πέτασσαν Il. 1.480, etc.; ἀ. βόστρυχον E. Hipp. 202; τὰν ἐπʼ ὄσσοις ὀμπέτασον χάριν unfold, display, Sapph. 29; φάος ἀμπετάσας having shed light abroad, E. IA 34; ἀναπετάσαι τὰς πύλας throw wide the gates, Hdt. 3.146, cf. X. An. l.c.:—Pass., ἀναπεπταμέναι σανίδες, θύραι, Il. 12.122, Pi. N. 9.2; βλέφαρα ἀναπετάννυται X. Mem. 1.4.6; ἀλώπηξ ἀναπιτναμένη a fox sprawling on its back to await the eagleʼs swoop, Pi. I. 4(3).47: in pf. Pass., to be open, lie open, οἰκία πρὸς μεσημβρίαν -πέπταται lies open to the south, X. Oec. 9.4; αὐλὼν ἀναπέπταται πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν Plu. Fab. 6; freq. in pf. part., open, ἐν πελάγεϊ ἀ. ναυμαχήσεις Hdt. 8.60.αʹ; ἀ. ὄμματα X. Mem. 2.1.22; ἀ. πρὸς τὸ φῶς τὴν εἴσοδον ἔχουσα, of the cave, Pl. R. 514a; δίαιτα ἀ. in the open air, Plu. Per. 34: metaph., ἀ. παρρησία open, barefaced impudence, Pl. Phdr. 240e; ὄμμα ἀ. impudent, brazen, Zeno Stoic. 1.58; ἀ. τῇ ψυχῇ δέξασθαί τι Luc. Nigr. 4.

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