ἀναρτάω

ἀναρτ-άω,

A hang to or upon, ὀνάρταις ([dialect] Aeol. [tense] pres. part.)

χέρρας ὐμ ἐμμάτων Alc.Supp.4.21

;

λαιμὸν ἀ. μελάθρῳ A.R.3.789

; hang up,

ἑαυτόν Plu.2.841a

; τὸ ζῆν ib.314b:—but mostly,

2 metaph., attach to, make dependent upon,

δήμῳ . . μήτε πᾶν ἀναρτήσῃς κράτος E. Fr.626.1

;

ἀ. ἑαυτὸν εἰς δῆμον D.Ep.3.23

; ἐς θεοὺς ἀ. τι leave it depending upon them, E.Ph.705; Rhet.,

ἀ. τι τῇ ὑποστάσει Aristid.Rh.1p.480S.

3 keep in suspense, Alciphr.1.22; uplift,

ταῖς ὑποσχέσεσι Lib.Decl.33.26

.

4 suspend, i. e. withhold, c. dat.,

τὸ σιτηρέσιόν τινι Just.Nov.88.2.1

.

II [voice] Pass., to be hung up, παραδείγματα ἀνηρτημένους as examples, Pl.Grg.525c.

2 depend upon,

ἔκ τινος Id.Ion533e

: metaph., ἐλπίσιν ἐξ ἐλπίδων ἀναρτωμένους clinging to one hope after another, D.19.18; ἀνηρτῆσθαι εἰς . . to be referred or referable to . . ,

τὰ ἁμαρτήματα . . εἰς θεὸν ἀνηρτημένα τιμωρόν Pl.Lg.729e

;

τὰ ἄλλα πάντα εἰς τὴν ψυχὴν ἀ. Id.Men.88e

;

ὅτῳ ἀνδρὶ εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἀνήρτηται πάντα Id.Mx.247e

; ἀνηρτημένοι ταῖς ὄψεσιν πρός τινα hanging on one with their eyes, Plu.Oth.3;

ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις εἴς τι Id.2.989d

;

ἀνηρτημένοι ταῖς ψυχαῖς

in suspense,

D.S.33.5

.

III [voice] Med., also with [tense] pf. [voice] Pass., = [voice] Act., D.H.11.46: hence, attach to oneself, make dependent upon one,

τινά X.Cyr.1.4.1

; subdue, ib.1.1.5.