α2313Ἀνερριχῶντο
they were clambering up, they were scrambling up
[Meaning] they were going up grasping with hands and feet. Strictly speaking they used to say a)narrixa=sqai for climbing to a height gripping with hands and feet. Hellanicus [writes]: "he scrambled up to the treetops…
Ἀνερριχῶντο· χερσὶ καὶ ποσὶ περιδρασσόμενοι ἀνήρχοντο. κυρίως τὸ τοῖς ποσὶ καὶ χερσὶ βιαζόμενον εἰς ὕψος ἀναβαίνειν ἀναρριχᾶσθαι ἔλεγον. Ἑλλάνικος· ἀναρριχᾶται δὲ ὥσπερ πίθηκος…