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ἀνεκάς

ἀνεκάς, upwards

ἀνεκάς, Adv.
  • upwards, ὅταν . . μοῖρα πέμπῃ ἀ. ὄλβον Pi. O. 2.22; ἀσπίδα φέρειν . . ἀ. ἐς τὸν οὐρανόν Ar. V. 18, cf. Fr. 188; [τρέπειν] τὸν αὐχένʼ ἐκ γῆς ἀ. Crates Com. 10; ἀ. δʼ ἐπήρω τὸ σκέλος Eup. 50, cf. Pherecr. 169 (Valck.); εἰς τὸ ἀ. Hp. Mul. 1.1. (Plu. Thes. 33 wrongly derives the name of the Ἄνακες from this word, τὸ γὰρ ἄνω τοὺς Ἀττικοὺς ἀνέκας (sic) ὀνομάζειν καὶ ἀνέκαθεν τὸ ἄνωθεν, cf. Num. 13: but -κάς perh. as in ἀνδρα-κάς (A) (q.v.), ἑ-κάς: ἀνεκάς does not contain ἑκάς; ἀνεκάς· ψιλῶς, Phot. p.129.13R., i.e. not ἀνhεκάς.)

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