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ἀναπτερόω

ἀναπτερόω, to raise its feathers

ἀναπτερ-όω, prop.
  • raise its feathers, of a bird: hence metaph., raise, set up, ὀρθίους ἐθείρας ἀνεπτέρωκα E. Hel. 633.
      • 2 metaph., set on the wing, put on the tiptoe of expectation, excite, ἀναπτερώσας αὐτὴν οἴχεαι Hdt. 2.115, cf. Pl. Phdr. 255c; μῶν τι . . ἄγγελμʼ ἀνεπτέρωκε Δαναϊδῶν πόλιν; E. Or. 876; φόβος μʼ ἀναπτεροῖ Id. Supp. 89, cf. S. Fr. 355; ἀ. τινὰ χρηστοῖς λόγοις Ar. Av. 1449, cf. Men. Epit. 510: —Pass., to be in a state of eager expectation, ἀνεπτερώθης A. Ch. 228; ἀ. τὴν ψυχήν Cratin. 384; ἀνεπτέρωμαι κλύων Ar. Av. 434; ἀνεπτερωμένων τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων X. HG 3.4.2; ἀνεπτερωμένος θεᾶσθαι Id. Smp. 9.5; ἀναπτερωθεὶς ὑπό τινων ὡς . . being irritated by the remark of some, that . ., Id. HG 3.1.14.
    • II furnish with new wings, Ar. Lys. 669:—Pass., get new wings, Pl. Phdr. 249d.

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