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ἀνα-σπάω , poet. ἀνσπ- ,
A.draw, pull up,σπυρίδαHdt.5.16, cf. 4.154; “βύβλον ἐκ τῶν ἑλέωνId.2.92:—Pass., BGU1041.8 (iii A.D.).
b. draw a ship up on land, Pi.P.4.27, Hdt.7.188, Th.4.9.
2. draw, suck up greedily,ὅταν αἷμ᾽ ἀνασπάσῃ κόνιςA.Eu.647; “. ὑγρόνHp.VM22; . ποτόν, τροφήν, Arist.HA495a26, PA661a19; ὕδωρ . draw water, Th.4.97.
II. retract, στόμαχος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν .Hp.Superf.22, Steril. 217.
III. carry away from home, Luc.Tox.28 codd.
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    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.9
    • Hippocrates, De prisca medicina, 22
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