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ἀν-ίημι (ἵημι), 2 sing. ἀνιεῖς, opt. ἀνιείης, part. ἀνιεῖσα, ipf. ἀνι?ει, fut. ἀνήσω (3 sing. ἀνέσει, Od. 18.265), aor. ἀνῆκα, ἀνέηκα, 3 pl. ἄνεσαν, subj. ἀνήῃ, opt. ἀνείην, part. ἀνέντες, mid. pres. part. ἀνι_έμενος: let go up, let up.—I. act., ἀήτα_ς Ὠκεανὸς ἀνίησιν, Od. 4.568; υ?δωρ ἀνίησι, Charybdis, Od. 12.105; let go, opp. ἁλῶναι, Od. 18.265; so of ‘loosing’ bonds, ‘opening’ doors, ὕπνος, ‘forsake,’ Od. 24.440 ; ὀδύνη, ‘release,’ Il. 15.24; then of ‘giving free rein’ to one, Il. 5.880; hence, incite, τινὰ ἐπί τινι, Il. 5.882; abs., Il. 17.705 ; νῦν αὖτέ με θυ_μὸς ἀνῆκεν, ‘impels,’ ‘prompts,’ followed by inf., Il. 22.252, and often.—II. mid., κόλπον ἀνι_εμένη, letting up, i. e. ‘laying bare her’ bosom, Il. 22.80; similarly αἶγας ἀνι_εμένους, ripping up, ‘flaying’ for themselves, Od. 2.300.
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