Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄνοδος

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνοδος

Etym.: a)na/, o(do/s

Sense

  1. a way up, a journey inland

Examples

  • ἡ δέ οἱ ἄνοδοσ τοιήδε· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 29:1)
  • ἄνοδοσ ἐσ αὐτὸν λίθου πεποίηται, οὐ κάρτα μακρή. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 30:2)
  • ἄνοδοσ καὶ ἐσ τοῦτον ὀλίγη· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 31:2)
  • καὶ δὴ γεγράφθω προπύλαια μὲν ὑψηλὰ καὶ ἐπίχρυσα καὶ μὴ κάτω ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐδάφουσ, ἀλλ’ ἄνω τῆσ γῆσ ἐπὶ λόφου κείμενα, καὶ ἡ ἄνοδοσ ἐπὶ πολὺ καὶ ἀνάντησ καὶ ὄλισθον ἔχουσα, ὡσ πολλάκισ ἤδη πρὸσ τῷ ἄκρῳ ἔσεσθαι ἐλπίσαντασ ἐκτραχηλισθῆναι διαμαρτόντοσ τοῦ ποδόσ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 42:3)
  • τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου ἐσ αὐτὸν ἤδη τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τὴν τοῦ Διὸσ ἄνοδοσ καὶ ταῦτα γένοιτ’ ἂν εὐζώνῳ ἀετῷ μιᾶσ ἡμέρασ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. a way up

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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