ἀν-έχω , aor. 2 ἀνέσχον (inf. ἀνασχέμεν) and ἀνάσχεθον
(inf. ἀνασχεθέειν), mid. fut. ἀνέξομαι (inf. ἀνσχήσεσθαι), aor. ἀνεσχόμην, imp. ἀνάσχεο,
ἄνσχεο: I. act., hold up or
back (Il. 23.426),
as the hands in prayer (χεῖρας
ἀνασχών), or in boxing, Od.
18.89; met., εὐδικία_ς
ἀνέχῃσι, ‘upholds,’ Od. 19.111; intr., rise
(from under water), Od. 5.320;
‘press up through,’ αἰχμή, Il.
17.310.—II. mid., hold up oneself or
something belonging to one, keep up;
χεῖρας ἀνασχόμενοι γέλῳ ἔκθανον,
Od. 18.100, and freq. ἀνασχόμενος, of ‘drawing
up’ to strike, Il. 3.362,
Od. 14.425; of a wounded man,
οὐδέ σ᾽ ὀι?ω | δηρὸν ἔτ᾽ ἀνσχήσεσθαι, Il. 5.285; met., endure, bear,
tolerate; abs., τέτλαθι καὶ
ἀνάσχεο, Il. 1.586; w.
acc., τί or τινά, and w. part. belonging to either subj. or obj.,
εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν ἐγὼ παρὰ σοί γ᾽
ἀνεχοίμην | ἥμενος, Od.
4.595.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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