- ἀνεκάς
- ἀνεκάς, Adv.A upwards,
ὅταν . . μοῖρα πέμπῃ ἀ. ὄλβον Pi.O.2.22
;ἀσπίδα φέρειν . . ἀ. ἐς τὸν οὐρανόν Ar.V.18
, cf. Fr.188; [τρέπειν] τὸν αὐχέν' ἐκ γῆς ἀ. Crates Com.10
;ἀ. δ' 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.129.13 R., i.e. not ἀνηεκάς.)
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