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ἄνω (A), imper.
A.ἀνέτωS.Ichn.70, inf. “ἄνεινPl.Cra.415a, part. ἄνων, impf. ἦνον, etc. (v. infr.): aor. “ἤνεσαIG7.3226 (Orchom. Boeot.), Hymn.Is.35, prob. in AP7.701.1 (Diod.) (ἤνεσ᾽ codd.):— = ἀνύω, ἀνύτω, accomplish, finish,ἦνον ὁδόνOd.3.496; “οὔτ᾽ ἄν τι θύων οὔτ᾽ ἐπισπένδων ἄνοιςA.Fr.161 (Dobree, cf. AB406); “ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦνενE.Andr. 1132; “ τὸ δέον . . ἤνομεν;S.Ichn.98; ταῦτα πρὸς ἀνδρός ἐστ᾽ ἄνοντος εἰς σωτηρίαν (cf. “ἀνύω1.6) Ar.V.369; “ἀρυσσάμενοι ποτὸν ἤνομενAP 11.64 (Agath.).
II. Pass., come to an end, be finished, mostly of a period of time, μάλα γὰρ νὺξ ἄνεται night is quickly drawing to a close, Il.10.251; ἔτος ἀνόμενον the waning year, Hdt.7.20; “ἦμαρ ἀνόμενονA.R.2.494; “ἀνομένου τοῦ μηνόςSIG577.30 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.); also “ὅππως . . ἔργον ἄνοιτοIl.18.473; “ἤνετο τὸ ἔργονHdt.1.189, 8.71; “ἀνομένων βημάτωνA.Ch.799; “ὁπόταν θήρης . . ἔργον ἄνηταιOpp.H.5.442: impers., λιταῖς ἄνεται, = λιταὶ ἀνύονται, Pi.O.8.8. [α_ Hom., exc. Il.18.473: afterwds. common, cf. A. l.c., Opp.H. l.c. Orig. ἄνϝω, cf. ἀνύω.]
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, 799
    • Aristophanes, Wasps, 369
    • Euripides, Andromache, 1132
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.189
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.20
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.71
    • Homer, Iliad, 10.251
    • Homer, Odyssey, 3.496
    • Plato, Cratylus, 415a
    • Homer, Iliad, 18.473
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2.494
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