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Ἀνασπᾷ · tears down (α 2074) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α2070when the bank had been bankrupted
α2071to have been spitted
α2072having been startled
α2073intending to recover
α2074tears down
α2075to bang
α2076upright
α2077Anastasios, Anastasius
α2078Anastasios Selentiarios, Anastasius the Silentiary

Suda/Α alpha/α2074

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Ἀνασπᾷ

tears down

Translated by Jennifer Benedict20 Oct 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

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definition
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3 notes · 34 words

Translation

Meaning [he/she/it] destroys, or lays to waste. Thucydides [sc. uses the word].¹
Alternatively a)naspa=n, [meaning] to draw up water. "Drawing up jugs", says Pherekrates.²
Also [sc. attested is] a)naspw=n, neuter, [spelled] with an omega.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀνασπᾷ· ἀντὶ τοῦ καταλύει, ἢ ἀναιρεῖ. Θουκυδίδης. ἢ Ἀνασπᾶν, τὸ ἀντλεῖν ὕδωρ. κάδους ἀνασπῶν, φησὶ Φερεκράτης. καὶ Ἀνασπῶν, οὐδετέρως, διὰ τοῦ ω μεγάλου.

Betacode

*)anaspa=|: a)nti\ tou= katalu/ei, h)\ a)nairei=. *qoukudi/dhs. h)\ *)anaspa=n, to\ a)ntlei=n u(/dwr. ka/dous a)naspw=n, fhsi\ *ferekra/ths. kai\ *)anaspw=n, ou)dete/rws, dia\ tou= w mega/lou.

Notes (3)

The first two parts of this entry are also in Photius (Lexicon alpha1664-1665 Theodoridis).
1Thucydides 6.100.3 (web address 1). ↩
2Pherecrates fr. 180 Kock, now 194 K.-A. ↩
3cf. generally alpha 2011.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α2011Ἀναπηδῶνleaping upIn the neuter also [sc. it is spelled] with an omega.

Neighbouring entries

α2072Ἀνασοβηθείςhaving been startled α2073Ἀνασώσωνintending to recover α2074Ἀνασπᾷtears down α2075Ἀνασποδῆσαιto bang α2076Ἀνασταδόνupright

Revision history9 revisions · last 4 Jul 2015

4 Jul 2015 — David Whitehead
26 Dec 2014 — David Whitehead
21 Aug 2013 — David Whitehead
19 Aug 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
28 Feb 2012another note; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Aug 2002added note and keyword; restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Mar 2001added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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20 Oct 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀνασπᾷ (Adler number alpha 2074), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 20 Oct 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2074

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗