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ἀναβάλλω

ἀναβάλλω, (to throw up;) strike up (a song); delay

ἀναβάλλω,
  • throw up, χοῦν ἐξ ὀρύγματος Th. 4.90, cf. X. Cyr. 7.5.10, Ostr. 1399 (i A. D.); τάφρος ἀναβεβλημένη foss and dyke, X. An. 5.2.5.
      • 2 ἀ. τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν ἵππον put on horseback, mount him, Id. An. 4.4.4, Eq. 6.12; of the horse, ἀ. τὸν ἀναβάτην unseat his rider, ib. 8.7.
      • 3 ἀ. τὰ ὄμματα cast up oneʼs eyes, so as to show the whites, Arist. Pr. 876a31; τὰ λευκά Alex. 222.9, Ctes. Fr. 20.
      • 4 cause to spring up, κρήνην Str. 8.6.2.
      • 5 lay bricks, SIG 2587.59, cf. Hyp. Fr. 103.
      • 6 lift, remove a tumour, Antyll. (?)ap. Orib. 45.17.6.
      • 7 Pass., to be lifted up, in prayer, εὔχονται σπλάγχνοισι κακῶς ἀναβαλλομένοισι Aristeas Epic. 1.
    • II put back, put off, μηκέτι νῦν ἀνάβαλλε . . ἄεθλον Od. 19.584 (the only place in which Hom. uses the Act.); ἀ. τινά put off [with excuses], D. 8.52; ἀ. τὰ πράγματα 4.14; distract oneʼs attention, Philostr. Im. 2.24:—Pass., ἀνεβλήθη ἡ ἐκκλησία it was adjourned, Th. 5.45; ὥστε . . εἰς τοὺς παῖδας ἀναβληθήσεσθαι τὰς τιμωρίας will be put off to the time of the sons, Isoc. 11.25; ὑμεναίους οὐκ ἀναβαλλομένους Call. Aet. 3.1.43 [Fr. 75.43 Pf.]; cf. infr. B. II.
      • 2 pf. part. Pass. ἀναβεβλημένος slow, measured, αὔλημα D.Chr. 1.1, cf. Hld. 2.8: so in Adv. -μένως slowly, D.H. Dem. 54.
        • b of style, diffuse, τὸ ὕπτιον καὶ ἀ. Hermog. Id. 2.11; λέξις ἀ., opp. συνεστραμμένη, Aristid. Rh. 2 p.540 S.
    • III like B. III, put on, ἀ. τὸ Κρητικόν (a short cloak) Eup. 311 (s. v.l.).
    • IV run a risk (prob. metaph. from dice), ἐγώ σφε θάψω κἀνὰ κίνδυνον βαλῶ A. Th. 1033.
  • B more freq. in Med., strike up, begin to play or sing (cf. ἀναβολή II), ἀναβάλλετο καλὸν ἀείδειν Od. 1.155, 8.266, Theoc. 6.20: abs., ἀναβάλεο Pi. N. 7.77; ἀναβαλοῦ Ar. Pax 1269: c. acc., εὐχὴν ἀ. τῷ Ἔρωτι Philostr. Im. 1.29.
    • II put off, delay a thing in which oneself is concerned (v. supr. II), μηδʼ ἔτι δηρὸν ἀμβαλλώμεθα ἔργον Il. 2.436, cf. Hes. Op. 410, Pi. O. 1.80, N. 9.29, Hdt. 3.85; τὸ μέν τι νυνὶ μὴ λάβῃς, τὸ δʼ ἀναβαλοῦ Ar. Nu. 1139; εἰσαῦθις ἀναβεβλήμεθα Ec. 983; εἰς τὴν ὑστεραίαν ἀναβαλέσθαι [τὴν δίαιταν] to adjourn till the morrow, D. 21.84, cf. Pl. Mx. 234b; ἀ. τινας Act.Ap. 24.22: abs., defer payment, Isoc. 3.33: c. fut. inf., ἀ. κυρώσειν ἐς τέταρτον μῆνα Hdt. 6.86.βʹ; ἀ. ἐς τρίτην ἡμέρην ἀποκρινέεσθαι 5.49; ἀ. ποιήσειν τὰ δέοντα D. 3.9: c. aor. inf., ἀ. ὑποκρίνασθαι Hdt. 9.8; οὐκέτι ἀνεβάλλοντο μὴ τὸ πᾶν οὐ μηχανήσασθαι 6.88.
      • 2 throw off oneself on another, refer a thing to him, τὶ ἐπί τινα Luc. Pisc. 15.
    • III throw oneʼs cloak up or back, throw it over the shoulder, so as to let it hang in folds, ἀναβάλλεσθαι χλαῖναν Ar. V. 1132: so also ἀναβάλλεσθαι alone, Id. Ec. 97; ἀ. ἐπιδέξια Pl. Tht. 175e, cf. Ar. Av. 1568; εἴσω τὴν χεῖρα ἔχοντα ἀναβεβλημένον with oneʼs cloak thrown up or back, D. 19.251; ἀναβεβλ. ἄνω τοῦ γόνατος Thphr. Char. 4.4; cf. ἀναβολή I.2.
    • IV = supr. A IV, ἀναβάλλεσθαι μάχας risk battles, Hdt. 5.49.
    • V to be wroth, LXX Ps. 77(78).21.

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