I. Act., (ἀνίστημι) making to stand or rise up, raising up the dead, “ἀνδρὸς δ᾽ ἐπειδὰν αἷμ᾽ ἀνασπάσῃ κόνις . . οὔτις ἔστ᾽ ἀ.” A.Eu.648; “ἔλαβον . . ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τοὺς νεκροὺς αὐτῶν” Ep.Heb.11.35.
2. making to rise and leave their place, removal, as of suppliants, “ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ” Th.1.133; ἀ. τῆς Ἰωνίας removal of the Greeks from Ionia [for safety], Hdt.9.106: mostly in bad sense, desolation, “ἅλωσιν Ἰλίου τ᾽ ἀνάστασιν” A.Ages.589; “πόλεων ἀ.” Id.Pers. 107, cf. E.Tr.364; “τῆς πατρίδος” D.1.5; disturbance, Hp.Decent..3 (pl.).
3. setting up, erection, “τειχῶν” D.20.72; “τροπαίου” Plu. 2.873a; “εἰκόνος” GDI3505.20 (Cnidus), cf. IPE12.34.8 (Olbia), Arr. An.4.11.2; “οἰκοδομημάτων” Luc.Phal.1.3 (pl.).
c. rising again after a fall, Ev.Luc.2.34.
d. rising from the dead, “Τυνδάρεω” Luc.Salt.45; εἰς ἀνάστασιν [fort. βλέποντες] IGRom.4.743 (Eumeneia, iii A.D.): freq. in N.T., Ev.Matt. 22.23, al.; “ἀ. νεκρῶν” Act.Ap.23.6; “ἀ. ζωῆς, κρίσεως” Ev.Jo.5.29; “ἀπὸ σώματος ἀ.” Plot.3.6.6.