α1930Ἀναλαμβάνειν
to gather up
[Used] with an accusative. In reference to lifting up. Philosophers used to take care also to gather up their clothing in an orderly fashion, and they mocked those who did not do this. Plato in Theaetetus [writes]:…
Ἀναλαμβάνειν· αἰτιατικῇ. ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀνέχειν. ὅτι ἔμελλε τοῖς φιλοσόφοις καὶ τοῦ κοσμίως ἀναλαμβάνειν τὴν ἐσθῆτα καὶ τοὺς μὴ τοῦτο ποιοῦντας ἔσκωπτον. Πλάτων ἐν Θεαιτήτῳ· πάντα…
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