A.wait for, await, “ἀνέμεινα . . Ἠῶ δῖαν” Od.19.342; νύκτα, τὸν ἥλιον, Hdt.7.42,54; “τέλος δίκης” A.Eu.243; freq. in E., and Att. Prose:—οὐδὲ . . ἐπιθυμίαν ἀναμένεις dost not wait for desire to arise, X.Mem.2.1.30, cf. Smp. 4.41; “ἀ. τινά” Hdt.9.57; face an enemy in battle, Pi.P.6.31: c. acc. et inf., “οὐκ ἀ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας μάχης ἄρξαι” Hdt.8.15: “ἀ. φῦναι τὰς τρίχας” Id.5.35; “ἀ. ἡμέραν γενέσθαι” Th.4.135, cf. 120: foll. by relat. clauses, ἀ. ἕως ἄν . . Pl.Ly.209a; “ἀ. αὐτοὺς ἔστ᾽ ἐμφάγοιέν τι” X.Cyr.8.1.44; ποῖ χρῆν ἀναμεῖναι; i. e. “ἐς τίνα χρόνον;” Ar.Lys.526: abs., wait, stay, “Ἑρμῆς . . οὐκέτ᾽ ἀμμένει” S.El.1397, cf. 1389, Tr.528, Ar.Ra.175: c. part., “πεινῶν ἀ.” Id.V.777.
2. put off, delay, X.Cyr.1.6.10: c. inf., D.19.224.