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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

  • Φαλὰχ υἱοῦ Εὐζαί̈ ἐξεναντίασ τῆσ γωνίασ, καὶ ὁ πύργοσ ὁ ἐξέχων ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέωσ ὁ ἀνώτεροσ ὁ τῆσ αὐλῆσ τῆσ φυλακῆσ. καὶ μετ’ αὐτὸν Φαδαί̈α υἱὸσ Φόροσ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 3:25)

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

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