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ἀνοίγνυμι

ἀνοίγνυμι, to open

ἀνοίγ-νῡμι Lys. 12.10; ἀνοίγω Pi. P. 5.88, Hdt. 3.37, 117, and Att. as IG 1.32 (συν-), al.: later ἀνοιγνύω Demetr. Eloc. 122, Paus. 8.41.4: impf. ἀνέῳγον Il. 16.221, al., Hdt. 1.187, etc.; also ἀνῷγον Il. 14.168; rarely ἤνοιγον X. HG 1.1.2 and 6.21; Ion. and Ep. ἀναοίγεσκον Il. 24.455; late ἀνεῴγνυον App. BC 4.81, etc.: fut. ἀνοίξω Ar. Pax 179: aor. ἀνέῳξα Id. V. 768, Th. 2.2, Hp. Vict. 2.56, part. ἀνεῴξας CIG (add.) 4300d (Antiphellus); also ἤνοιξα X. HG 1.5.13 and in late Prose; Ion. ἄνοιξα Hdt. 1.68 (best codd. ἀνῷξα), 4.143, 9.118; poet. ἀνῷξα Theoc. 14.15, κἀνῷξε Phld. Acad.Ind. p.103 M.: pf. ἀνέῳχα D. 42.30, Men. 229; ἀνέῳγα Aristaenet. 2.22 (v. infr.): plpf. ἀνεῴγει Pherecr. 86 (Pors.):—Pass., ἀνοίγνῠμαι E. Ion 923, Ar. Eq. 1326: late fut. ἀνοιχθήσομαι LXX Is. 60.11, Epict. Ench. 33.13 (v.l.); ἀνοιγήσομαι LXX Ne. 7.3, PMag.Par. 1.358; ἀνεῴξομαι X. HG 5.1.14: pf. ἀνέῳγμαι E. Hipp. 56, Th. 2.4, etc.; ἀνῷγμαι Theoc. 14.47; later ἤνοιγμαι (δι-) best reading in Hp. Epid. 7.80, cf. J. Ap. 2.9; plpf. ἀνέῳκτο X. HG 5.1.14 (pf. 2 ἀνέῳγα is used in pass. sense in Hp. Morb. 4.39, Cord. 7, and later Prose, as Plu. QConv. 2.693d, Ev.Jo. 1.51, 2 Ep.Cor. 6.11, Luc. Nav. 4 (though he condemns it Sol. 8); but in Att., only Din. Fr. 81): aor. ἀνεῴχθην E. Ion 1563, subj. ἀνοιχθῆ D. 44.37, opt. ἀνοιχθείην Pl. Phd. 59d, part. ἀνοιχθείς Th. 4.130, Pl. Smp. 216d; later ἠνοίχθην Paus. 2.35.7, LXX Ps. 105(106).17; and aor. 2 ἠνοίγην Ev.Marc. 7.35, Luc. Am. 14, etc.—In late Gr., very irreg. forms occur, ἠνέῳξα LXX Ge. 8.6; ἠνέωχα PMag.Par. 1.2261; ἠνέῳγμαι Apoc. 10.8, Hld. 9.9; ἠνεῴχθην LXX Ge. 7.11; also aor. 1 inf. ἀνωίξαι Q.S. 12.331; ἀνωίχθην Nonn. D. 7.317:—
  • open, of doors, etc., ἀναοίγεσκον μεγάλην κληῗδα they tried to put back the bolt so as to open [the door], Il. 24.455, cf. 14.168; πύλας ἀνοῖξαι A. Ag. 604; θύραν Ar. V. 768; also without θύραν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτῷ ἀνέῳξέ τις Pl. Prt. 310b, cf. 314d; χηλοῦ δʼ ἀπὸ πῶμʼ ἀνέῳγε took off the cover and opened it, Il. 16.221; φωριαμῶν ἐπιθήματα κάλʼ ἀνέῳγεν 24.228; so ἀ. σορόν, θήκας, Hdt. 1.68, 187; κιβωτόν Lys. 12.10; ἀ. σήμαντρα, σημεῖα, διαθήκην, open seals, etc., X. Lac. 6.4, D. 42.30, Plu. Caes. 68; and metaph., καθαρὰν ἀνοίξαντι κλῇδα φρενῶν E. Med. 660; ἀ. βίβλινον (sc. οἶνον) tap it, Theoc. 14.15; γῆρυν ἀνοίξας, for στόμα, Tryph. 477; ἀ. φιλήματα kiss with open mouths, Ach.Tat. 2.37.
        • b throw open for use, γυμνάσιον OGI 529.11; κἀνῷξε σχολὰς opened school, Phld. Acad.Ind. p.103 M.; εἰ ἀνοίξω ἐργαστήριον; shall I open a shop? Astramps. Orac. 43 p.5 H.
      • 2 metaph., lay open, unfold, disclose, ὄνομα A. Supp. 322; ἔργʼ ἀναιδῆ S. OC 515, cf. E. IA 326; λανθάνουσαν ἀτυχίαν Men. 674.
      • 3 as nautical term, abs., get into the open sea, get clear of land, X. HG 1.1.2, 5.13, 6.21; but ἁλὸς κέλευθον ἀ. Pi. P. 5.88 is to open or first show the way over the sea.
    • II Pass., to be open, stand open, lie open, ὄπισθε τῆς ἀνοιγομένης θύρης Hdt. 1.9; ἀνεῳγμένην καταλαμβάνειν τὴν θύραν Pl. Smp. 174e; ἀνεῳγμένας πύλας Ἅιδου E. Hipp. 56; δικαστήρια ἀνοίγεται Pl. R. 405a; παρέξει τἀμπόριʼ ἀνεῳγμένα Ar. Av. 1523; ἀνέῳκται τὸ δεσμωτήριον D. 24.208; λέων τὰ ἐντὸς ἀνοιχθείς cut open, Arist. HA 497b17; κόλποι διʼ ἀλλήλων ἀνοιγόμενοι opening one into another, Plu. Crass. 4: metaph., θησαυρὸς ὡς ἀνοίγνυται κακῶν E. Ion 923.

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