ἀνέῳξα

ἀνοίγνυμι

open: aor ind act 1st sg

ἀνοίγνυμι

open: aor ind act 1st sg

ἀνοίγω (ἀνά, οἴγω ‘open’; Hom. +) on this by-form of ἀνοίγνυμι see Kühner-Bl. II 496f; W-S. §12, 7 and §15 (p. 130); B-D-F §101; Rob. 1212f; Mayser 404. Fut. ἀνοίξω; 1 aor. ἀνέῳξα J 9:14 (vv.ll. ἠνέῳξα, ἤνοιξα), ἠνέῳξα vs. 17 (vv.ll. ἤνοιξα, ἀνέῳξα), mostly ἤνοιξα Ac 5:19; 9:40 al.; 2 pf. (intr.) ἀνέῳγα; pf. pass. ἀνέῳγμαι 2 Cor 2:12 (v.l. ἠνέῳγμαι), ptc. ἀνεῳγμένος (ἠνεῳγμένος 3 Km 8:52; ἠνοιγμένος Is 42:20), inf. ἀνεῴχθαι (Just., D. 123, 2). Pass.: 1 aor. ἠνεῴχθην Mt 3:16; v.l. 9:30; Jn 9:10; Ac 16:26 (vv.ll. ἀνεῴχθην, ἠνοίχθην); inf. ἀνεῳχθῆναι Lk 3:21 (ἀνοιχθῆναι D); 1 fut. ἀνοιχθήσομαι Lk 11:9f v.l.; 2 aor. ἠνοίγην Mk 7:35 (vv.ll. ἠνοίχθησαν, διηνοίγησαν, διηνοίχθησαν); Ac 12:10 (v.l. ἠνοίχθη); Hv 1, 1, 4 (Dssm. NB 17 [BS 189]); 2 fut. ἀνοιγήσομαι Mt 7:7; Lk 11:9f (v.l. ἀνοίγεται). The same circumstance prevails in LXX: Helbing 78f; 83ff; 95f; 102f. Thackeray 202ff.

① to move someth. from a shut or closed position, trans. a door (Menand., Epitr. 643 Kö.; Polyb. 16, 25, 7; OGI 222, 36; 332, 28, SIG 798, 19; 1 Km 3:15; PsSol 8:17; GrBar 11:5f; Jos., Ant. 13, 92 ἀ. τ. πύλας, Vi. 246; Just., D. 36, 5 τὰς πύλας τῶν οὐρανῶν) τὰς θύρας (really the wings of a double door) Ac 5:19; 12:10 (w. act. force, see 6 below); 16:26f (s. OWeinreich, Türöffnung im Wunder-, Prodigien-u. Zauberglauben d. Antike, d. Judentums u. Christentums: WSchmid Festschr. 1929, 200–452). ἀ. τὸν πυλῶνα open the outer door of the house Ac 12:14. τ. θύραν τ. ναοῦ fig., of the mouth of the believer, who is the temple of God B 16:9 (with this figure cp. Philosoph. Max. 488, 6 τοῦ σοφοῦ στόματος ἀνοιχθέντος, καθάπερ ἱεροῦ, τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς καλὰ βλέπεται ὥσπερ ἀγάλματα=when the mouth of the wise man opens like the door of a temple, the beauties of his soul are as visible as statues [of deities]). Without door as obj. acc., or as subject of a verb in the pass., easily supplied from the context (Achilles Tat. 2, 26, 1) Mt 7:7f; Lk 11:9f; Mt 25:11; Lk 13:25; GJs 12:2.—Used fig. in var. ways (PTebt 383, 29 [46 A.D.]; Epict. Schenkl index θύρα: ἡ θύρα ἤνοικται=I am free to go anywhere) Rv 3:20, cp. 3:7f (s. Is 22:22; Job 12:14). πύλη δικαιοσύνης 1 Cl 48:2, cp. 4. Of preaching that wins attention ἤνοιξεν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν θύραν πίστεως God gave the gentiles an opportunity to become believers Ac 14:27. Cp. θύρας μοι ἀνεῳγμένης since a door was opened for me, i.e. I was given an opportunity to work 2 Cor 2:12 (for 1 Cor 16:9 s. 6 below). Likew. ἀ. θύραν τοῦ λόγου Col 4:3.

② to render someth. readily accessible, open, trans., closed places, whose interior is thereby made accessible: a sanctuary 1 Cl 43:5; pass. Rv 11:19; 15:5 heaven (Kaibel 882 [III A.D.] οὐρανὸν ἀνθρώποις εἶδον ἀνοιγόμενον; PGM 4, 1180; 36, 298; Is 64:1; Ezk 1:1; cp. 3 Macc 6:18) Mt 3:16; Lk 3:21; Ac 10:11; Rv 19:11; GEb 18, 36; Hv 1, 1, 4; the nether world Rv 9:2; graves (SIG 1237, 3 ἀνοῖξαι τόδε τὸ μνῆμα; Ezk 37:12, 13) Mt 27:52. Fig., of the throat of the impious τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν their gullet is an open grave (breathing out putrefaction?) Ro 3:13 (Ps 5:10; 13:3).

③ to disclose contents by opening, open, trans., τ. θησαυροὺς (SIG² 587, 302 τῷ τ. θησαυροὺς ἀνοίξαντι; 601, 32; 653, 93; Eur., Ion 923; Arrian, Cyneg. 34, 2 ἀνοίγνυται ὁ θησαυρός; Is 45:3; Sir 43:14; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 105; Ath. 1, 1) treasure chests Mt 2:11. κεράμιον οἴνου ἢ ἐλαίου open a jar of wine or oil D 13:6. ἀ. βιβλίον open a book in scroll form (Diod S 14, 55, 1 βιβλίον ἐπεσφραγισμένον … ἀνοίγειν; 2 Esdr 18:5; Da 7:10) Lk 4:17 v.l.; Rv 5:2ff; 10:2, 8 (cp. 2 Esdr 16:5; TestAbr A 12 p. 91, 22 [Stone p. 30]); 20:12.

④ to remove an obstruction, open, trans., a seal (X., De Rep. Lac. 6, 4; SIG 1157, 47 [I A.D.] τὰς σφραγῖδας ἀνοιξάτω) Rv 5:9; 6:1–12; 8:1.

⑤ to cause to function, open, trans., of bodily parts

ⓐ mouth ἀ. τὸ στόμα open the mouth of another person 1 Cl 18:15 (cp. Ps 50:17); of a fish, to take something out Mt 17:27; of a mute (Wsd 10:21) Lk 1:64.— Open one’s own mouth to speak (oft. in OT; SibOr 3, 497, but e.g. also Aristoph., Av. 1719) Mt 5:2; 6:8 D; Ac 8:35; 10:34; 18:14; GEb 34, 60. More specif. ἐν παραβολαῖς=he spoke in parables Mt 13:35 (Ps 77:2; cp. Lucian, Philops. 33 ὁ Μέμνων αὐτὸς ἀνοίξας τὸ στόμα ἐν ἔπεσιν ἑπτά). εἰς βλασφημίας (opened its mouth) to blaspheme Rv 13:6.— Not to open one’s mouth, remain silent Ac 8:32; 1 Cl 16:7 (both Is 53:7, as also Mel., P. 64, 462).—Fig., of the earth when it opens to swallow something ἤνοιξεν ἡ γῆ τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς Rv 12:16 (cp. Num 16:30; 26:10; Dt 11:6).

ⓑ eyes ἀ. τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς of a blind person (Is 35:5; 42:7; Tob 11:7; Mel., P. 78, 565) Mt 9:30; 20:33; J 9:10, 14, 17, 21, 26, 30, 32; 10:21; B 14:7 (Is 42:7).—One’s own eyes, to see (Epict. 2, 23, 9 and 12; PGM 4, 624) Ac 9:8, 40.—Fig., of spiritual sight Lk 24:31 v.l.; Ac 26:18. τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τ. καρδίας 1 Cl 36:2; 59:3 (cp. Just., D. 123, 2 προσηλύτων … ἀνεῷχθαι τὰ ὄμματα).

ⓒ ears (Epict. 2, 23, 10; PGM 7, 329) of a deaf man Mk 7:35.

ⓓ heart, fig. ἀ. τ. καρδίαν πρὸς τ. κύριον open one’s heart to the Lord Hv 4, 2, 4.

⑥ to be in a state of openness, be open, intr. (only 2 pf., except that the 2 aor. pass. ἠνοίγη Ac 12:10 [s. 1 above] is the practical equivalent of an intr. Other exx. of 2 pf.: Hippocr., Morb. 4, 39 ed. Littré; VII 558; Plut., Mor. 693d, Coriol. 231 [37, 2]; Lucian, Nav. 4; Polyaenus 2, 28, 1) in our lit. in contexts connoting opportunity θύρα μοι ἀνέῳγεν 1 Cor 16:9 (s. 1 above; Lucian, Soloec. 8 ἡ θύρα ἀνέῳγέ σοι τῆς γνωρίσεως αὐτῶν. Cp. Just., D. 7, 3 φωτὸς ἀνοιχθήναι πύλας).—Cp. τ. οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα J 1:51.

⑦ to be candid, be open, intr. (s. 6 beg. for grammatical ref.; s. also 5a) τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν ἀνέῳγεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς our mouth is open toward you, i.e. I have spoken freely and openly 2 Cor 6:11 (cp. Ezk 16:63; 29:21 and ἄνοιξις).—B. 847. DELG s.v. οἴγνυμι. M-M.

ἀνέῳξα, ἀνοίγνυμι

open: aor ind act 1st sg

ἀνέῳξα, ἀνοίγνυμι

open: aor ind act 1st sg

ἀνοίγ-νῡμι Lys.12.10; [full] ἀνοίγω Pi.P.5.88, Hdt.3.37, 117, and [dialect] Att. as IG1.32 ([etym.] συν-), al.: later [full] ἀνοιγνύω Demetr.Eloc. 122, Paus. 8.41.4: [tense] impf.

A

ἀνἔῳγον Il.16.221

, al., Hdt.1.187, etc.; also

ἀνῷγον Il.14.168

; rarely

ἤνοιγον X.HG1.1.2

and 6.21; [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep.

ἀναοίγεσκον Il.24.455

; late

ἀνεῴγνυον App.BC4.81

, etc.: [tense] fut.

ἀνοίξω Ar. Pax 179

: [tense] aor.

ἀνέῳξα Id.V. 768

, Th.2.2, Hp.Vict.2.56, part. ἀνεῴξας CIG(add.) 4300d ([place name] Antiphellus); also

ἤνοιξα X.HG1.5.13

and in late Prose; [dialect] Ion.

ἄνοιξα Hdt.1.68

(best codd. ἀνῷξα), 4.143, 9.118; poet.

ἀνῷξα Theoc.14.15

,

κἀνῷξε Phld.Acad.Ind.p.103

M.: [tense] pf.

ἀνέῳχα D. 42.30

, Men.229;

ἀνέῳγα Aristaenet.2.22

(v. infr.): [tense] plpf.

ἀνεῴγει Pherecr.86

(Pors.):—[voice] Pass., [full] ἀνοίγνῠμαι E. Ion 923, Ar.Eq. 1326: late [tense] fut.

ἀνοιχθήσομαι LXX Is.60.11

, Epict.Ench.33.13 (v.l.);

ἀνοιγήσομαι LXXNe.7.3

, PMag.Par.1.358;

ἀνεῴξομαι X.HG5.1.14

: [tense] pf.

ἀνέῳγμαι E.Hipp.56

, Th.2.4, etc.;

ἀνῷγμαι Theoc.14.47

; later ἤνοιγμαι ([etym.] δι- ) best reading in Hp.Epid.7.80, cf. J.Ap.2.9; [tense] plpf.

ἀνέῳκτο X.HG5.1.14

([tense] pf. 2 ἀνέῳγα is used in pass. sense in Hp.Morb.4.39, Cord.7, and later Prose, as Plu.2.693d, Ev.Jo.1.51, 2 Ep.Cor.6.11, Luc.Nav. 4 (though he condemns it Sol.8); but in [dialect] Att., only Din.Fr.81): [tense] aor.

ἀνεῴχθην E. Ion 1563

, subj.

ἀνοιχθῆ D.44.37

, opt.

ἀνοιχθείην Pl. Phd. 59d

, part.

ἀνοιχθείς Th.4.130

, Pl.Smp. 216d; later

ἠνοίχθην Paus.2.35.7

, LXXPs.105(106).17; and [tense] aor. 2

ἠνοίγην Ev.Marc.7.35

, Luc.Am.14, etc.—In late Gr., very irreg. forms occur,

ἠνέῳξα LXX Ge.8.6

;

ἠνέωχα PMag.Par.1.2261

;

ἠνέῳγμαι Apoc.10.8

, Hld.9.9;

ἠνεῴχθην LXXGe.7.11

; also [tense] aor. 1 inf.

ἀνωίξαι Q.S.12.331

;

ἀνωίχθην Nonn.D.7.317

:—open, of doors, etc., ἀναοίγεσκον μεγάλην κληῗδα they tried to put back the bolt so as to open [the door], Il.24.455, cf. 14.168;

πύλας ἀνοῖξαι A.Ag. 604

;

θύραν Ar.V. 768

; also without

θύραν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτῷ ἀνέῳξέ τις Pl.Prt. 310b

, cf. 314d; χηλοῦ δ' ἀπὸ πῶμ' ἀνέῳγε took off the cover and opened it, Il.16.221;

φωριαμῶν ἐπιθήματα κάλ' ἀνέῳγεν 24.228

; so ἀ. σορόν, θήκας, Hdt.1.68, 187;

κιβωτόν Lys. 12.10

; ἀ. σήμαντρα, σημεῖα, διαθήκην, open seals, etc., X.Lac.6.4, D. 42.30, Plu.Caes.68; and metaph.,

καθαρὰν ἀνοίξαντι κλῇδα φρενῶν E. Med. 660

; ἀ. βίβλινον (sc. οἶνον) tap it, Theoc.14.15; γῆρυν ἀνοίξας, for στόμα, Tryph.477; ἀ. φιλήματα kiss with open mouths, Ach.Tat.2.37.

b throw open for use,

γυμνάσιον OGI529.11

; κἀνῷξε σχολὰς opened school, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.103M.; εἰ ἀνοίξω ἐργαστήριον; shall I open a shop? Astramps.Orac.43p.5H.

2 metaph., lay open, unfold, disclose,

ὄνομα A.Supp. 322

;

ἔργ' ἀναιδῆ S.OC 515

, cf. E.IA 326;

λανθάνουσαν ἀτυχίαν Men.674

.

3 as nautical term, abs., get into the open sea, get clear of land, X.HG1.1.2, 5.13, 6.21; but

ἁλὸς κέλευθον ἀ. Pi.P.5.88

is to open or first show the way over the sea.

II [voice] Pass., to be open, stand open, lie open,

ὄπισθε τῆς ἀνοιγομένης θύρης Hdt.1.9

;

ἀνεῳγμένην καταλαμβάνειν τὴν θύραν Pl.Smp. 174e

;

ἀνεῳγμένας πύλας Ἅιδου E.Hipp.56

;

δικαστήρια ἀνοίγεται Pl. R. 405a

;

παρέξει τἀμπόρι' ἀνεῳγμένα Ar.Av. 1523

;

ἀνέῳκται τὸ δεσμωτήριον D.24.208

;

λέων τὰ ἐντὸς ἀνοιχθείς

cut open,

Arist.HA 497b17

; κόλποι δι' ἀλλήλων ἀνοιγόμενοι opening one into another, Plu.Crass. 4: metaph.,

θησαυρὸς ὡς ἀνοίγνυται κακῶν E. Ion 923

.

ἀνέῳγα, ἀνέῳξα s. ἀνοίγω.