Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνώτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνώτερος ἀνώτερᾱ ἀνώτερον

Structure: ἀνωτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/nw

Sense

  1. higher

Examples

  • α Αὕτη ἦν ἡ πραγματεία τῆσ προνομῆσ, ἧσ ἀνήνεγκεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Σαλωμὼν οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ τὸ τεῖχοσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὴν ἄκραν, τοῦ περιφράξαι τὸν φραγμὸν τῆσ πόλεωσ Δαυὶδ καὶ τὴν Ἀσσοὺρ καὶ τὴν Μαγδὰλ καὶ τὴν Γαζὲρ καὶ τὴν Βαιθωρὼν τὴν ἀνωτέρω καὶ τὴν Ἰεθαρμὰθ καὶ πάσασ τὰσ πόλεισ τῶν ἁρμάτων καὶ πάσασ τὰσ πόλεισ τῶν ἱππέων καὶ τὴν πραγματείαν Σαλωμών, ἣν ἐπραγματεύσατο οἰκοδομῆσαι ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ, τοῦ μὴ κατάρξαι αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 10:21)
  • καὶ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτὸσ τῆσ πατρίδοσ κτῆμα καὶ ὁ τοῦ πατρὸσ πατὴρ καὶ οἱ ἐκ τούτων οἰκεῖοι πάντεσ ἀνωτέρω, καὶ μέχρι θεῶν πατρῴων πρόεισιν ἀναβιβαζόμενον τὸ ὄνομα. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 4:3)
  • ὁ βασιλεὺσ δ’ αὐτὸν ἔδησεν ἐπικρυψάμενοσ τοῦτο Οὐεσπασιανόν, ὡσ ἀνωτέρω δεδηλώκαμεν. (Flavius Josephus, 484:3)
  • "ἣν οἱ μὲν ὕστερον εἰσ γένουσ καὶ εἴδουσ καὶ κοινῶσ τινων καὶ ἰδίων λεγομένων ποιῶν διαφορὰν ἔθεντο μόνον, ἀνωτέρω δ’ οὐ προῆλθον, εἰσ λογικωτέρασ ἀπορίασ ἐμπεσόντεσ. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 157)
  • "ὡσ δὲ νῦν ἐν τῷ καλλίστῳ τῶν ἐνυπνίων τὸν θεὸν ὀνειροπολοῦντασ ἐγείρωμεν καὶ παρακαλῶμεν ἀνωτέρω προάγειν καὶ θεάσασθαι τὸ ὕπαρ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν οὐσίαν· (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 212)

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

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