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ἀναχωρ-έω , Locr., Cret. ἀνχ- ,
b. walk backwards, of oxen feeding, Hdt.4.183.
2. in Il., mostly, retire, withdraw from battle, “ἀλλά σ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἀναχωρήσαντα κελεύω ἐς πληθὺν ἰέναιIl.17.30; “τόφρ᾽ ἀναχωρείτω11.189, cf. 4.305, 20.335, etc.: in Prose, “μάχης οὔσης εἰς τοὐπίσω .Lys.14.6; “φυγῇ .Pl.Smp.221a; generally, retire, withdraw,μεγάροιο μυχόνδεOd.22.270; “ὀπίσω .Hdt.5.94, etc.; “ἐς τοὔπισθενAr.Pl.1208; ἀνεκεχωρήκεσαν they had retired or returned, Th.8.15, cf. IG9(1).334 (Locr.): with Preps. denoting motion to or from, “ἐς τὴν ἀκρόπολινHdt.3.143; “ἐπ᾽ οἴκουTh.1.30; ὑπὸ Βοιωτῶν ἐς Ἀθήνας were forced by them to retire to . ., Hdt.5.61; “ἀπόPl.Smp. l.c.
II. come back or revert to the rightful heir, βασιληΐη ἀνεχώρησε ἐς τὸν παῖδαHdt.7.4; “ ποινὴ . εἰς ἡμᾶςAntipho 2.1.3, cf. Leg.Gort.11.10.
III. metaph., withdraw, retire,ἐξ αἰσθήσεωνPl.Phd.83a; . ἐκ τῶν πραγμάτων retire from public life, from the world, Plb.29.25.5, cf. Cic.Att.9.4.2, Ev.Matt.2.14,al.: abs., withdraw, retire, Pl.Smp. 175a, cf. Ar.Nu.524; ἀνακεχωρηκυῖα χώρα inland spot, Thphr.HP9.7.4; “. ἀπὸ θαλάσσηςPlb.2.11.16; “ἀνακεχωρηκός ῥῆμα, ὄνομαobsolete, D.H.Rh.10.7; recondite,ἱστορίαPhld.Rh.1.157S.
2. strike, refuse to work, PTeb.26.18, 41.4, al.; ἀνακεχωρηκότα σώματα ib.5.6.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (26):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.4.2
    • Antiphon, First Tetralogy, 1.3
    • Aristophanes, Plutus, 1208
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.143
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.183
    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.61
    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.94
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.4
    • Homer, Iliad, 10.210
    • Homer, Iliad, 20.335
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.305
    • Homer, Odyssey, 17.461
    • Homer, Odyssey, 22.270
    • Lysias, Against Alcibiades 1, 6
    • Plato, Phaedo, 83a
    • Plato, Symposium, 175a
    • Plato, Symposium, 221a
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.30
    • Thucydides, Histories, 8.15
    • Homer, Iliad, 11.189
    • Homer, Iliad, 17.30
    • Polybius, Histories, 29.25.5
    • Polybius, Histories, 2.11.16
    • Aristophanes, Clouds, 524
    • New Testament, Matthew, 2.14
    • Procopius, Historia Arcana (Anecdota), 10
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