ἀνα-ψύχω [ῡ ],
impf. -εσκον Orph. L. 562: -
I
1. cool, refresh, ἀήτας Ὠκεανὸς ἀνίησιν ἀναψύχειν ἀνθρώπους Od. 4.568; ἀνέψυχον φίλον ἦτορ were reviving their spirit, Il. 13.84; ἕλκος ἀναψύχοντα 5.795; ἀ. φίλα γούνατα Hes. Op. 608; ἀ. βάτιν cool the feet in water, E. IA 421: - Pass., to be revived, refreshed, ἀνέψυχθεν φίλον ἦτορ Il. 10.575; of the body, Pl. Ti. 78e, cf. 70d; ὥστ’ ἀνεψύχης [ῠ ] Amips. 13.
2. ναῦς ἀ. let the ships rest and get dry, Hdt. 7.59, X. HG 1.5.10; ἀ. τὸν ἱδρῶτα let it dry off, Plu. Sull. 29; ἀ. τὰς αὐλαίας dry them, Id. Them. 30: - Pass., to be dried up, Str. 10.2.19.
3. metaph., c. gen., ἀ. πόνων τινά give him relief from toil, E. Hel. 1094; πολέων.. μεριμνέων Call. Hec. 1.1.7; ἀ. κακότητος ψυχάς Orph. Fr. 230: abs., [2Ti 1:16].
4. Medic., expose to air, κατὰ τὸ ἕλκος ἐῶσιν ἀνεψῦχθαι Hp. Fract. 25; cf. ἀναψύχειν· γυμνοῦν, Erot.
II the Act. is also used intr., become cool, recover, revive, Diph. 81, AP 12.132(Mel.), Opp. H. 5.623; εὗρεν.. δρόμων ἀναψύχουσαν [τὴν ἔλαφον ] Babr. 95.57; take relaxation, POxy. 1296.7 (iii A.D.).
G404 — ἀναψύχω
: 1 aorist ἀνεψυξα; to cool again, to cool off, recover from the effects of heat (Homer, Odyssey 4; 568; Iliad 5, 795; Plutarch, Aem. P. 25, etc.); tropically, to refresh: τινα, one's spirit, by fellowship, consolation, kindnesses, [2Ti 1:16]. (intransitive, to recover breath, take the air, cool off revive, refresh oneself, in the Sept. ([Psa 38:14] (Ps. 39:14>); [2Sa 16:14]; [Exo 23:12]; [1Sa 16:23]; etc., in) 2 Macc. 4:46 2Macc. 13:11; and in the later Greek writers.)
ἀνα - ψύχω ,
[in LXX for H5314 ni ., H2421, etc. ( freq . in sense of revive, refresh oneself);]
to refresh: c . acc pers ., [2Ti 1:16] ( MM , VGT , s.v. ; Cremer , 588). †