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ἀνάγω

I.to lead up from a lower place to a higher, Theogn., etc.
2.to lead up to the high sea, to carry by sea, Hom., etc.; ἀν. ναῦν to put a ship to sea, Hdt.; absol. in the same sense, id=Hdt.; —this is more common in Mid.
3.to take up from the coast into the interior, Od., Hdt.; esp. from Asia Minor into Central Asia, Xen.
4.to bring up from the dead, Hes., Aesch.
5.ἀν. χορόν to conduct the choir, Hes., Eur., etc.; also, ἀν. ὁρτήν to celebrate a festival, Hdt.
6.to lift up, raise, κάρα, τὸ ὄμμα Soph., etc.
7.ἀν. παιᾶνα to lift up the paean, id=Soph.
8.in various senses, ἀν. αἷμα to bring up blood, Plut.; ἀν. ποταμόν to bring a river up [over its banks], Luc.; ἀν. φάλαγγα, like ἀναπτύσσειν, Plut.; to bring up a prisoner for examination, Xen., etc.
II.to bring back, Hom., etc.
2.to refer a matter to another, Dem.
3.to rebuild, Plut.
4.to reckon or calculate, id=Plut.
5.intr. (sub. ἑαυτόν) to draw back, withdraw, retreat, Xen.; ἐπὶ πόδα ἀν. to retreat facing the enemy.
6.to reduce in amount, contract, Dem.
B.Mid. and Pass. to put out to sea, set sail, Il., etc.; ἀναχθῆναι Hdt.; ἀναχθείς Aesch.
2.metaph. to make ready, prepare oneself, ὡς ἐρωτήσων Plat.

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