ἄνωθεν

ἄνωθεν and [full] ἄνωθε (Ar.Ec.698), [dialect] Dor. [full] ἄνωθα Tab.Heracl.1.17: ([etym.] ἄνω):—Adv. of Place,

A 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; πονηρὸς ἄ. a born rogue, D.45.80;

ἐκ προγόνων ἄ. τετιμημένος IG22.1072

;

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.AP0.97a33.

3 over again, anew, afresh,

φιλίαν ἄ. ποιεῖται J.AJ1.18.3

, Artem.1.14, cf. Ev.Jo.3.3;

πάλιν ἄ. Ep.Gal.4.9

, cf. Harp. s.v. ἀνάδικοι κρίσεις; κτίστης ἄνωθε γενόμενος IG7.2712.58.