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ἀναστέλλω ,
A.send up, raise,νέφεαArat.417:—Med., gird or tuck up one's clothes, “νεβρίδας ἀνεστείλαντοE.Ba.696; “ἀναστέλλεσθ᾽ ἄνω τὰ χιτώνιαAr.Ec.268: abs., “ἀναστειλαμένηArtem.4.44:—Pass., ἀνεσταλμένῳ τῷ χιτῶνι with one's frock girt up, Plu.2.178c.
II. draw back, e.g. the flesh in a surgical operation, Hp.VC14; push back or up, τὰς ῥίζας [τῶν ὄρχεων] Arist.HA632a17:—Pass., to be turned up, of the foot, Hp.Mochl.24.
2. open,στόμια μεμυκόταPh.1.278,al.
3. repulse, check an assault, E.IT1378, Th.6.70, X.An. 5.4.23: generally, “οἱ ἄνεμοι . τὰ νέφηArist.Pr.943a35, cf. Epicur. Ep.2p.51U.; “φόβος . τινάAel.NA5.54: Medic., check a discharge, etc., Leonid. ap. Aët.16.40, cf. Sor.2.9:—Med., suppress one's inclinations, dissemble, Plb.9.22.9:—Pass., Th.3.98, Phld.Ir.p.82 W.: c. gen., “. τοῦ . .to be restrained from . ., Ael.NA8.10; “ἀνεστάλησαν τὴν ὁρμήνVH6.14.
4. remove, make away with,γῆνD.S.17.82; “τὰ ἐμποδώνPh.1.407.
5. lay aside, Dam.Pr.400.
III. in Med., renounce, refuse,ἀναστέλλεσθαι τροφήνAel.NA11.14.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 268
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 17.82
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 696
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Taurus, 1378
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.98
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.70
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 5.4.23
    • Polybius, Histories, 9.22.9
    • Hippocrates, De capitis vulneribus, 14
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 11.14
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 5.54
    • Aelian, Varia Historia, 6.14
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