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ἀναχάζω

ἀναχάζω, to make to recoil, force back

ἀναχάζω,
  • make to recoil, force back, found only in poet. aor. 1, οὐδʼ ἀνέχασσαν prob. in Pi. N. 10.69.
    • II mostly as Pass., ἀναχάζομαι, Ep. aor. ἀνεχασσάμην:—draw back, freq. in Il. of warriors, ἀλλ’ ἀναχασσάμενος λίθον εἵλετο 7.264, cf. 15.728, 16.819, 17.47, etc.; ἀναχασσάμενος νῆχον πάλιν giving way to the wave, Od. 7.280: c. gen., ἀ. ἠπείροιο draw back from . ., A.R. 4.1241; ἐπὶ πόδα ἀναχάζεσθαι retire slowly, of soldiers, X. Cyr. 7.1.34:—Act. in sense of Pass., Id. An. 4.1.16.

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