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ἔνερθε

ἔνερθε, from beneath, up from below

ἔνερθε and ἔνερθεν; Dor. ἔνερθα A.D. Adv. 153.17; also νέρθε and νέρθεν:
    • I Adv. from beneath, up from below, αὐτὰρ νέρθε Ποσειδάων ἐτίναξε Il. 20.57; πέμψατʼ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν εἰς φῶς A. Pers. 630; τήνδʼ ἔπεμψας νέρθεν ἐς φάος E. Alc. 1139, cf. 985 (lyr.); ν. ἀνακαλούμενον Id. Hel. 966.
      • 2 without sense of motion, beneath, below, ἔ. πόδες καὶ χεῖρες ὕπερθε Il. 13.75, cf. 78; ῥαίνοντο δὲ νέρθε κονίῃ [ἵπποι] 11.282, cf. 535, etc.; πρόσωπά τε ν. τε γοῦνα Od. 20.352; esp. of the nether world, οἱ ἔ. θεοί the gods below, Il. 14.274; τοῖς ἔ. νεκροῖς S. Ant. 25 (lyr.), cf. El. 1068; κοίταν ἔχει ν. Id. OC 1707 (lyr.); ἔνερθʼ ὑπὸ γῆς, ὑπὸ γᾶν, Hes. Th. 720, Pi. P. 9.81; τοῖς . . ν. κἀπὶ γῆς ἄνω S. OT 416; below, i.e. in the vale, E. Ba. 752; βαιὸν δʼ ἔ. S. Ph. 20.
    • II as Prep. with gen., before or after its case, beneath, below, ἀγκῶνος ἔ. Il. 11.252, cf. 234; γαίης ν. καὶ . . θαλάσσης 14.204; ν. γῆς Od. 11.302; ἔνερθʼ Ἀΐδεω Il. 8.16; γῆς ἔνερθʼ ᾤχου θανών S. Fr. 686, cf. E. Ph. 505.
        • b from below, γῆς ἔνερθεν ἐς φάος A. Pers. 222 (troch.).
      • 2 subject to, in the power of, ἐχθρῶν ἔ. ὄντα S. Ph. 666. —Never in Att. Prose; used by Hdt., ἔ. τῆς λίμνης 2.13 (abs. in metaph. sense, inferior, τοῖς ἅπασι 1.91); also in IG 4.1485.57 (Epid.), Aret. CD 1.3, Luc. Rh.Pr. 4; in form νέρθε, IG 12(2).74b21 (Mytil., iii B.C.).

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