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ἀνα-νεύω , fut.
A.-νεύσομαιPl.R.350e, “-νεύσωLuc.Sat.1: aor. ἀνένευσα, etc.:—throw the head back in token of denial, make signs of refusal, opp. “κατανεύω, ἐπινεύω, ὡς ἔφατ᾽ εὐχομένη, ἀνένευε δὲ Παλλὰς ἈθήνηIl.6.311; “ἀνένευε καρήατι22.205; “ὀφρύσιOd.9.468, cf. Hdt.5.51, Ar.Lys.126, Pl. R. l. c., etc.
3. later, c. gen. rei, look up from, Alciphr.3.53; go back from,ἀπὸ τοῦ ψεύδουςArr.Epict.2.26.3.
II. generally, throw the head up: hence ἀνανενευκώς upright, [“τὰς σαρίσας] . φέρουσιPlb. 18.13.3, cf. 1.23.5. Astron., tilt back, of the pole, opp. κατανεύω, Eudox.Ars6.
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