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ἀναποδίζω

ἀναποδίζω, to make to step back, call back, cross-examine

ἀναποδ-ίζω, (πούς)
  • make to step back, call back and question, cross-examine, ἐπειρωτῶν τε καὶ ἀ. τὸν κήρυκα Hdt. 5.92.ζʹ; πολλάκις ἀνεπόδιζον τὸν γραμματέα Aeschin. 3.192, cf. Luc. Abd. 17:—Pass., Antipho Soph. 18.
      • 2 οὐδαμῇ ἄλλῃ ἀνεπόδισε ἑωυτόν in no other passage did he correct himself, retract what he before said, Hdt. 2.116.
      • 3 deduct for retrograde motion, Vett.Val. 25.26.
    • II intr., step back, return, ἐπὶ τὴν μονάδα Pythag. ap. Stob. 1.10.12 (corr. Heeren), LXX Si. 46.4, Luc. Nec. 7; εἰς τοὐπίσω Hdn. 5.6.7; ἀ. πρὸς . . revert, Chor. in Rh.Mus. 49.492; κύκλον ἀ. recur in a cycle, Hippod. ap. Stob. 4.34.71; of the retrograde motion of the planets, Theo Sm. p.147 H., Procl. Hyp. 5.72, etc.: metaph. of festivals which fall late in the calendar, Gem. 8.19.

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