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ἄνωθεν

ἄνωθεν, from above, from on high

ἄνωθεν and ἄνωθε (Ar. Ec. 698), Dor. ἄνωθα Tab.Heracl. 1.17: (ἄνω):—Adv. of Place,
  • from above, from on high, θεοὺς ἄ. γῆς ἐποπτεύειν ἄχη A. Ag. 1579; ὕδατος ἄ. γενομένου Th. 4.75; βάλλειν ἄ. Id. 7.84; from the interior of a country, Id. 1.59, X. An. 7.7.2; esp. from inner Asia, Plu. Dem. 14; from the north, Hdt. 4.105.
      • 2 like ἄνω, above, on high, opp. κάτωθεν or κάτω, A. Ag. 871 (dub.): of the gods, Id. Supp. 597 (lyr.), Pl. Lg. 717b; of men on earth, οἱ ἄ. the living, A. Ch. 834 (lyr.), E. Hel. 1014; those on deck (in a ship), Th. 7.63; of birds of the air, S. El. 1058 (lyr.); ἡ ἄ. Φρυγία upper Phrygia, D. 23.155.
        • b rarely c. gen., ἄ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου Hdt. 1.75; τοῦ καρποῦ Hp. Art. 80; τῆς νεώς Plu. Them. 12.
    • II in narrative or in quiry, from the beginning, from farther back, ἄ. ἄρχεσθαι, ἐπιχειρεῖν, Pl. Phlb. 44d, Lg. 781d; ἄ. ἐξετάζειν τὸ γένος D. 44.69, cf. Men. Epit. 23; in quotations, above, earlier, Sch. E. Ph. 249, etc.: οἱ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ἄ. γονεῖς ancestors, Pl. Ti. 18d; Κορίνθιαι εἰμὲς ἄ. by descent, Theoc. 15.91, cf. 22.164, Call. Aet. 3.1.32 [Fr. 75.32 Pf.]; πονηρὸς ἄ. a born rogue, D. 45.80; ἐκ προγόνων ἄ. τετιμημένος IG 2(2).1072; ἄ. ἀναμάρτητον from early life, Phld. Sto.Herc. 339.17.16; ἐν τοῖς ἄ. χρόνοις D. 9.41.
      • 2 τὰ ἄ. higher, more universal principles, Pl. Phd. 101d, cf. Arist. APo. 97a33.
      • 3 over again, anew, afresh, φιλίαν ἄ. ποιεῖται J. AJ 1.18.3, Artem. 1.14, cf. Ev.Jo. 3.3; πάλιν ἄ. Ep.Gal. 4.9, cf. Harp. s.v. ἀνάδικοι κρίσεις; κτίστης ἄνωθε γενόμενος IG 7.2712.58.

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