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ἀναρριχάομαι

ἀναρριχάομαι, to clamber up with the hands and feet, scramble up

ἀναρρῐχ-άομαι, impf. ἀνερριχώμην Ar. Pax 70, Aristaenet. 1.20: fut. -ήσομαι Poll. 5.82: aor. ἀνερριχησάμην D.C. 43.21:—in Suid. and EM the augm. tenses are written ἀνηρρ-, cf. ἀρριχάομαι:—
  • clamber up with the hands and feet, scramble up, ἀ. ὥσπερ οἱ πίθηκοι ἐπʼ ἄκρα τὰ δένδρα Hellanic. 197 J.; ἀ. εἰς οὐρανόν Ar. l.c.; also in late Prose, Philostr. Im. 2.28, Ael. NA 7.24, 10.29, Aristaenet. 1.3, Lib. Or. 18.238, etc.: rarely c. acc., τοὺς ἀναβασμοὺς τοῖς γόνασιν ἀ. D.C. l.c.; τὸν τοῖχον Aristaenet. 1.20 (s. v. l., <πρὸς> add. Pierson):—ridiculed as obsolete by Luc. Lex. 8.

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