Meaning [he] having been picked up [a)nalhfqei/s] [sc. and nurtured]. Thus Isocrates [sc. uses the term].[1]
Also [sc. attested is] a)nairei=n, [meaning] to conceive in the womb, and to raise the offspring,[2] and to kill, and to pick up.[3]
"Letting his hand fall into his scrip, he took up the letter."[4]
And yet [it can also mean] "to slay" and to make away with or to attack.
Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)nai/resis, [meaning] a taking-up.
"He cast aside his arms and armor for a taking of anyone who wanted it."[5]
Also [sc. attested is] a)nairei=tai, [meaning he/she/it] takes.
"He takes the better share of the meat."[6]
Also [sc. attested is] a)nairei=sqai, [meaning] to receive, to take into one's hands.
"The terms from Scipio to the Carthaginians were that they give over their hostages and the elephants and the triremes and that they should not make conscription lists nor hire mercenaries nor take up war against anyone except by the consent of the Romans."[7]
And elsewhere: "the Romans did not have the everyday foresight not to appear to initiate or undertake wars."[8]
Also Herodotus [sc. uses] a)naireo/menon to mean conceived in the womb.[9]
Also [sc. attested is] a)nairou/menoi, [meaning] those taking up, those having in hand.