ἀνατίθημι

ἀνατίθημι, [tense] pf.

A

ἀνατέθηκα SIG1018.9

(Pergam.), etc.:—lay upon, once in Hom.,

ἐλεγχείην ἀναθήσει μοι Il.22.100

; ἀ. ἄχθος lay on as a burden, Ar.Eq.1056 (hex.), cf. X.An.3.1.30;

κινδύνους ἰδιώταις ἀ. Hyp.Eux.9

: in good sense,

ἀ. κῦδός τινι Pi.O.5.8

. b. [voice] Med., put on board ship, IG5(1).1421 ([place name] Cyparissia).

2 in Prose, refer, attribute, a thing to a person,

μεγάλα οἱ χρήματα ἀ. Hdt.2.135

; οὐ γὰρ ἄν οἱ πυραμίδα ἀνέθεσαν ποιήσασθαι would not have attributed to her the erection of the pyramid, ib.134;

φοίβῳ τήνδ' ἀναθήσω πρᾶξιν E.El. 1296

; εἰμή, ὅταν . . εὖ πράξητε, ἐμοὶ ἀναθήσετε will give me the credit of it, Th.2.64;

οὐ τῷ συμβούλῳ τὴν τοῦ κατορθοῦν ἀνέθηκε δύναμιν D.18.290

;

ἀ. τινὶ τὴν αἰτίαν τινός Isoc.1.37

, Aeschin.2.10; also, compare,

τινὰ εἴς τι Eun.Hist.p.261

D. b. ἀ. τινὶ ἅπαντα πράγματα lay them upon him, entrust them to him, Ar.Nu.1453, Th.8.82.

II set up as a votive gift, dedicate,

τινί τι Hes.Op.658

, Pi.O.3.30, Hdt.2.159,7.54, Ar.Pl.1089, etc.;

Ῥήνειαν ἀνέθηκε τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι Th.1.13

;

ἀνάθημα ἀνατιθέναι Hdt.1.53

, 2.182;

ἀ. τι ἐς Δελφούς Id.1.92

, 2.135, 182, Pl.Phdr.235d, etc.; less freq.

ἐν Δελφοῖς Theopomp.Com.1

D., Plu.Sol.25; dedicate a book, Id.Sull.6; ἀ. τινά set up a statue of . ., SIG420 (Delos, iii B.C.); incorrectly of burial, OGI602 ([place name] Jaffa):— [voice] Pass.,

ἀνατεθῆναι Ar.Eq.849

; cf. ἀνάκειμαι.

2 set up, erect, [στήλην] παρὰ βωμόν, νεών, Plb.5.93.10, Plu.Publ.14: metaph., dedicate,

μακραγορίαν λύρᾳ Pi.P.8.29

; ἀ. τὰς ἀκοὰς τοῖς ἀκροάμασι give them up to, Plb.23.5.9.

3 set up and leave in a place,

ἀ. τινὰ ἐπὶ κρημνόν Ar.Pl.69

; ἀ. ζῶντα (on a cross) Plb.1.86.6.

III put back, τί γὰρ παρ' ἦμαρ ἡμέρα τέρπειν ἔχει, προσθεῖσα κἀναθεῖσα τοῦ γε κατθανεῖν; pushing us forward or moving us back on the verge of death, S.Aj. 476; cf. B.11.2.

B [voice] Med., put upon for oneself,

ἀναθέσθαι τὰ σκεύη ἐπὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια X.An.2.2.4

; pack on one's cart, Lys.7.19; τοῖς ὤμοις ἀ. τινά put on one's shoulders, Plu.2.983b; freq. like [voice] Act.,

ἀ. τινὰ ἐφ' ἵππον Id.Art. 11

, etc.

2 impart, communicate something one's own,

τινί τι Act.Ap.25.14

, Ep.Gal.2.2, Plu.2.772d.

3 remit, refer, ἀ. περί τινος εἰς σύγκλητον refer the consideration of it to the Senate, Plb.21.46.11, cf. App.Sam.4.

II place differently, change about, e.g. the men on a draught-board, ἀνὰ πάντα τιθεσθαι v.l. in Orac. ap. Hdt. 8.77.

2 take back a move at πεττοί, Pl.Hipparch.229e: hence metaph., retract one's opinion, X.Mem.1.2.44, cf.2.4.4; freq. in Pl.,

ἀνατίθεσθαι ὅ τι δοκεῖ Pl.Grg.462a

, cf. Prt.354e. Chrm.164d; οὐκ ἀνατίθεμυι μὴ οὐ . . retract and say this is not so, Id.Phd.87a;

οὐκ ἀ. μὴ οὐ καλὼς λέγεσθαι Id.Men.89d

;

ἀνατιθέμενος τὸ διημαρτημένον Luc. Pseudol.29

.