ἀναιρέω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ana-, up) +‎ αἱρέω (hairéō, to take, grasp).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ᾰ̓ναιρέω (anairéō)

  1. (active voice)
    1. (transitive) to take up
      1. (transitive) to take up and carry off, bear away
      2. (transitive) to take up
      3. (transitive) to take up bodies for burial
    2. (transitive) to take away, make away with, destroy, kill
      1. (of things, transitive) to abolish, annul, cancel
      2. (transitive) to destroy (an argument), answer or confute it completely
    3. (transitive) to appoint, ordain
      1. (intransitive) to answer, give a response
  2. (middle voice)
    1. (transitive) to take up for oneself, take up
      1. (transitive) to take up and carry off, snatch away
      2. (transitive) to take up dead bodies for burial
      3. (transitive) to take up in one's arms
      4. (transitive) to conceive in the womb
      5. (transitive) to take up money at interest
    2. (transitive) to take upon oneself, undertake
      1. (transitive) to accept as one's own
    3. (transitive) to take back to oneself, undo what one has done, cancel

Inflection

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