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ἀνάπτω

I.to make fast on or to a thing, ἐξ ἱστοῦ πείρατ᾽ ἀνῆπτον made fast the rope to the mast, Od.:—Mid., ἐκ τοῦδ᾽ ἀναψόμεσθα κάλων to him will we make fast our cable, i. e. he shall be our protector, Eur.:—Pass. to fasten oneself on to, cling to a thing, c. gen., id=Eur.; ἀμφί τινι id=Eur.; ἀνῆφθαί τι to have a thing fastened on one, id=Eur.
2.to hang up in a temple, offer up, ἀγάλματα Od.
3.metaph. to attach to, μῶμον ἀνάψαι id=Od.; αἷμα ἀν. τινί a charge of bloodshed, Eur.
II.to light up, light, λύχνα Hdt.; πῦρ Eur.; also, πυρὶ ἀν. δόμους id=Eur.:—metaph., νέφος οἰμωγῆς ὡς τάχ᾽ ἀνάψει id=Eur.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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