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ἀνώτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνώτερος ἀνώτερᾱ ἀνώτερον

Structure: ἀνωτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/nw

Sense

  1. higher

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ εὖροσ τῆσ ἀνωτέρασ τῶν πλευρῶν κατὰ τὸ πρόσθεμα ἐκ τοῦ τοίχου πρὸσ τὴν ἀνωτέραν κύκλῳ τοῦ οἴκου, ὅπωσ διαπλατύνηται ἄνωθεν καὶ ἐκ τῶν κάτωθεν ἀναβαίνωσιν ἐπὶ τὰ ὑπερῷα καὶ ἐκ τῶν μέσων ἐπὶ τὰ τριώροφα. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 41:7)

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

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