A.“ἀνεπτύχθαι” E.El.357: aor. Pass. “ἀνεπτύχθην” Hp.Judic.3, but “-επτύγην” Int.48:—unfold the rollson which books were written, open for reading, “ἀ. τὸ βιβλίον” Hdt.1.125, cf. 48; “δέλτων ἀναπτύσσοιμι γῆρυν” E.Fr.370: also ἀ. πύλας, κύτος, undo, open, E.IT1286, Ion39; “χλαμύδα” Plu.Demetr.42; even “χεῖλος” Opp.H.3.247; ἀναπτύξαςι χέρας with arms outspread, E.Hipp.1190; “σεισμοὶ -ξαντες τὴν ἁρμονίαν τῶν ὀρῶν” Philostr.Im.2.17:—Med., fold up, Arist.PA664b27, al.
b. cut open, of freshly killed animals, Pherecyd 97 J., Philum.Ven.17.3, PMag.Leid.V.10.1, etc.
c. ruminate, chew, Opp.H.1.137.
2. unfold, disclose, “πᾶν ἀ. πάθος” A.Pers. 254, 294; “πάντ᾽ ἀναπτύσσει χρόνος” S.Fr.301; “ἀ. πρὸς φῶς” Id.El.639, cf. E.HF1256; “φρένα πρός τινα” Id.Tr.662: in later Prose, Porph. Antr.4.
II. as military term, τὴν φάλαγγα ἀ. fold back the phalanx, i.e. deepen it by countermarching from front to rear, X.Cyr.7.5.3; conversely, τὸ κέρας ἀ. open out the wing, i.e. extend the line by countermarching from rear to front, X.An.1.10.9, cf. Plu.Pel.23, Arr.Tact.9.5.