Perseus analysis of ἀνέλοντο:

ἀναιρέω (take up): aor ind mid 3rd pl (homeric ionic)

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ἀναιρέω

ἀναιρέω, pf. ἀνῄρηκα (ἀνειρ -dub. in Com.Adesp. 18.6D.): (v. αἱρέω): —

A. take up, ἀνελόντες ἀπὸ χθονός having raised the victim from the ground, so as to cut its throat (cf. αὐερύω), Od. 3.453.

3. simply, take up, παῖδα Pi. P. 9.61; τὰ ὀστᾶ Th. 1.126.

4. take up bodies for burial, ἀνελόντες καὶ κατακλαύσαντες Ar. V. 386, cf. X. An. 6.4.9; more common in Med., v. infr. B. I.3.

3. destroy an argument, confute it, Arist.; esp. confute directly, opp. διαιρέω (v. ἀναίρεσις II 4), Arist. SE 176b36, al.; ἀ. ἑαυτὸν confute oneself, Olymp. in Mete. 25.14.

4. in argument, do away with, τὰς ὑποθέσεις Pl. R. 533c; deny, opp. τιθέναι, S.E. P. 1.192, al.

4. take up in oneʼs arms, Il. 16.8: hence, take up new-born children, own them, Plu. Ant. 36, cf. Ar. Nu. 531; take up an exposed child, Men. Sam. 159, cf. BGU 1110, etc.

5. conceive in the womb, c. acc., Hdt. 2.108, 6.69.

6. take up money at interest, D. 50.17.

7. take up a lease, Michel 1359 (Chios). cf. BCH 37.204.

8. withdraw money from a bank, etc., αὐτὸς ἀνελέσθω IG 5(2).159.

II. take upon oneself, undertake, πόνους Hdt. 6.108; πόλεμόν τινι war against one, Id. 5.36; πολέμους ἀναιρούμεσθα E. Supp. 492, cf. D. 1.7; ἀ. ἔχθραν Pl. Phdr. 233c, D. 6.20; ἀ. δημόσιον ἔργον undertake, contract for the execution of a work, Pl. Lg. 921d, cf. a, b, D. 53.21.

III. rescind, cancel, συγγραφήν, συνθήκας, etc., D. 34.31, 48.46, IG 7.3171 (Orchom. Boeot., iii B. C.).