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ἀναπτύσσω

ἀναπτύσσω, to unfold

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ἀναπτύξω aorist active subjunctive 1st singular, future active indicative 1st singular, aorist middle indicative 2nd singular of ἀναπτύσσω

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ἀνα-πτύσσω, pf. inf. Pass. ἀνεπτύχθαι E. El. 357: aor. Pass. ἀνεπτύχθην Hp. Judic. 3, but -επτύγην Int. 48:—
  • unfold the rolls on which books were written, open for reading, ἀ. τὸ βιβλίον Hdt. 1.125, cf. 48; δέλτων ἀναπτύσσοιμι γῆρυν E. Fr. 370: also ἀ. πύλας, κύτος, undo, open, E. IT 1286, Ion 39; χλαμύδα Plu. Demetr. 42; even χεῖλος Opp. H. 3.247; ἀναπτύξας χέρας with arms outspread, E. Hipp. 1190; σεισμοὶ -ξαντες τὴν ἁρμονίαν τῶν ὀρῶν Philostr. Im. 2.17:—Med., fold up, Arist. PA 664b27, al.
        • b cut open, of freshly killed animals, Pherecyd. 97 J., Philum. Ven. 17.3, PMag.Leid.V. 10.1, etc.
        • c ruminate, chew, Opp. H. 1.137.
      • 2 unfold, disclose, πᾶν ἀ. πάθος A. Pers. 254, 294; πάντʼ ἀναπτύσσει χρόνος S. Fr. 301; ἀ. πρὸς φῶς Id. El. 639, cf. E. HF 1256; φρένα πρός τινα Id. Tr. 662: in later Prose, Porph. Antr. 4.
    • II as military term, τὴν φάλαγγα ἀ. fold back the phalanx, i.e. deepen it by countermarching from front to rear, X. Cyr. 7.5.3; conversely, τὸ κέρας ἀ. open out the wing, i.e. extend the line by countermarching from rear to front, X. An. 1.10.9, cf. Plu. Pel. 23, Arr. Tact. 9.5.

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