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ἀνασπάω

I.to draw up, pull up, Solon, Hdt.:—Mid., ἐκ χροὸς ἔγχος ἀνεσπάσατο he drew his spear forth again, Il.
2.to draw a ship up on land, Hdt., Thuc.
3.to draw or suck up greedily, αἷμα Aesch.: but, ὕδωρ ἀν. to draw water, Thuc.
4.to tear up, Hdt., attic
5.metaph., ἀνασπᾶν λόγους to draw forth words, to utter violent, offensive words, Soph.
6.τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν to draw up the eyebrows, and so put on a grave important air, Ar.; so, τὰ μέτωπα ἀν. id=Ar.
II.to draw back, τὴν χεῖρα id=Ar.
III.to carry away from home, Luc.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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