A.abs) backwards, back again, freq. in Hom., mostly with Verbs of motion, freq. before “ἐς, ἀπό, ἐκ, ἂ. ἐς Ὄλυμπον ἵκεσθον” Il.8.456, cf. 10.211, etc.; with trans. Verbs, “ἂ. ἐς κουλεὸν ὦσε” 1.220, cf. 15.418; “ἂ. ἐπὶ νῆας ἔεργε” 16.395; “ἂ. ἵππους στρέψαι” 13.396, cf. 18.224.
2. of actions, again, in return, “ἂ. διδόναι” Il.22.277; “ἂ. ἀφελέσθαι” 16.54; “ἂ. ἀπολύειν” 6.427; “ἂ. ἀρέσαι” 9.120; “ἂ. τέτατο ὑσμίνη” 17.543; “ἂ. ἐπιμισγομένων” 5.505; [ἂψ ἀπαγγ] εῖλαι prob. in Epich.99; ἂ. λαμβάνειν, = ἀναλαμβάνειν, Theoc.25.65: pleon., ἂ. αὖτις yet again, Il.8.335, 15.364; “ἂ. πάλιν” 18.280.
