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ἀνοίγ-νυ_μι Lys.12.10; ἀνοίγω Pi.P.5.88, Hdt.3.37,117, and Att. as IG1.32 (συν-), al.: later ἀνοιγνύω Demetr.Eloc.122, Paus. 8.41.4: impf.
A.ἀνἔῳγονIl.16.221, al., Hdt.1.187, etc.; also “ἀνῷγονIl.14.168; rarely “ἤνοιγονX.HG1.1.2 and 6.21; Ion. and Ep. “ἀναοίγεσκονIl.24.455; late “ἀνεῴγνυονApp.BC4.81, etc.: fut. “ἀνοίξωAr. Pax179: aor. “ἀνέῳξαId.V.768, Th.2.2, Hp.Vict.2.56, part. ἀνεῴξας CIG(add.) 4300d (Antiphellus); also “ἤνοιξαX.HG1.5.13 and in late Prose; Ion. “ἄνοιξαHdt.1.68 (best codd. ἀνῷξα), 4.143, 9.118; poet. “ἀνῷξαTheoc.14.15, “κἀνῷξεPhld.Acad.Ind.p.103 M.: pf. “ἀνέῳχαD. 42.30, Men.229; “ἀνέῳγαAristaenet.2.22 (v. infr.): plpf. “ἀνεῴγειPherecr.86(Pors.):—Pass., ἀνοίγνυ^μαι E.Ion923, Ar.Eq.1326: late fut. “ἀνοιχθήσομαιLXX Is.60.11, Epict.Ench.33.13 (v.l.); “ἀνοιγήσομαιLXXNe.7.3, PMag.Par.1.358; “ἀνεῴξομαιX.HG5.1.14: pf. “ἀνέῳγμαιE.Hipp.56, Th.2.4, etc.; “ἀνῷγμαιTheoc.14.47; later ἤνοιγμαι δι-) best reading in Hp.Epid.7.80, cf. J.Ap.2.9; plpf. “ἀνέῳκτοX.HG5.1.14 (pf. 2 ἀνέῳγα is used in pass. sense in Hp.Morb.4.39, Cord.7, and later Prose, as Plu.2.693d, Ev.Jo.1.51, 2 Ep.Cor.6.11, Luc.Nav. 4 (though he condemns it Sol.8); but in Att., only Din.Fr.81): aor. “ἀνεῴχθηνE.Ion1563, subj. “ἀνοιχθῆD.44.37, opt. “ἀνοιχθείηνPl. Phd.59d, part. “ἀνοιχθείςTh.4.130, Pl.Smp.216d; later “ἠνοίχθηνPaus.2.35.7, LXXPs.105(106).17; and aor. 2 “ἠνοίγηνEv.Marc.7.35, Luc.Am.14, etc.—In late Gr., very irreg. forms occur, “ἠνέῳξαLXX Ge.8.6; “ἠνέωχαPMag.Par.1.2261; “ἠνέῳγμαιApoc.10.8, Hld.9.9; “ἠνεῴχθηνLXXGe.7.11; also aor. 1 inf. “ἀνωίξαιQ.S.12.331; “ἀνωίχθηνNonn.D.7.317:—open, of doors, etc., ἀναοίγεσκον μεγάλην κληῗδα they tried to put back the bolt so as to open [the door], Il.24.455, cf. 14.168; “πύλας ἀνοῖξαιA.Ag.604; “θύρανAr.V.768; also without “θύραν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτῷ ἀνέῳξέ τιςPl.Prt.310b, cf. 314d; χηλοῦ δ᾽ ἀπὸ πῶμ᾽ ἀνέῳγε took off the cover and opened it, Il.16.221; “φωριαμῶν ἐπιθήματα κάλ᾽ ἀνέῳγεν24.228; so . σορόν, θήκας, Hdt.1.68,187; “κιβωτόνLys. 12.10; . σήμαντρα, σημεῖα, διαθήκην, open seals, etc., X.Lac.6.4, D. 42.30, Plu.Caes.68; and metaph., “καθαρὰν ἀνοίξαντι κλῇδα φρενῶνE. Med.660; . βίβλινον (sc. οἶνον) tap it, Theoc.14.15; γῆρυν ἀνοίξας, for στόμα, Tryph.477; . φιλήματα kiss with open mouths, Ach.Tat.2.37.
b. throw open for use, “γυμνάσιονOGI529.11; κἀνῷξε σχολὰς opened school, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.103M.; εἰ ἀνοίξω ἐργαστήριον; shall I open a shop? Astramps.Orac.43p.5H.
2. metaph., lay open, unfold, disclose,ὄνομαA.Supp.322; “ἔργ᾽ ἀναιδῆS.OC515, cf. E.IA 326; “λανθάνουσαν ἀτυχίανMen.674.
3. as nautical term, abs., get into the open sea, get clear of land, X.HG1.1.2, 5.13, 6.21; but “ἁλὸς κέλευθον .Pi.P.5.88 is to open or first show the way over the sea.
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