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ἀνελ-ίσσω , Att. ἀνελίττω , Ep. and Ion. ἀνειλίσσω: (v. ἑλίσσω):—
A.unroll, “ἀγαθίδα” Pherecyd.148 J.: but mostly, unroll a book, Arist.Pr.914a26 (Pass.); read, interpret it, X. Mem.1.6.14; “λόγον” Pl.Phlb.15e.
2. unravel, 'explicate', “τὸ συνεσπειραμένον τῆς νοερᾶς ἐπιβολῆς” Procl.inEuc.p.4F., cf. Prisc.Lyd.34.23; ἀνειλιγμένος ὁρισμός explicit definition, Simp.in Ph.276.28.
3. cause to move backward, “πόδα” E.Or.171.
II. roll back, i.e. counteract, “ἀνελίττουσαι σφαῖραι” Arist.Metaph.1074a2, cf. Simp. in Cael.32.17,al., Procl.Hyp.4.98, TheoSm.p.180H.: metaph., “ὅπως ἂν στρέφῃ καὶ ἀνελίττῃ τὸν βίον ὁ θεός” Plu.Num.14:—Med., reverse the direction of motion, Arist.GA741b21:—Pass., to be counteracted, Id.Metaph.1074a7; “μίαν δ᾽ ἀνελίσσετ᾽ ἀμοιβήν” Opp.H.1.420; “γλῶσσ᾽ ἀνελισσομένη” moving glibly, Ar.Ra.827.
III. intr., “πνεύματ᾽ ἀνειλίσσοντα” Nic.Al.596.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 827
    • Euripides, Orestes, 171
    • Plato, Philebus, 15e
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 1.6.14
    • Plutarch, Numa, 14
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