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ἀναμένω

ἀναμένω, ἀναμένω, wait, hold on (verb)

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ἀναμένειν present active infinitive of ἀναμένω

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ἀναμένω, poet. ἀμμένω, Aeol. ὀμμένω Alc. 41:—
  • 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 ἔστʼ ἐμφάγοιέν τι X. Cyr. 8.1.44; ποῖ χρῆν ἀναμεῖναι; i. e. ἐς τίνα χρόνον; Ar. Lys. 526: abs., wait, stay, Ἑρμῆς . . οὐκέτʼ 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.

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