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

  • ἀλλὰ ταῦτα φάγεσθε ἀπὸ τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν πετεινῶν, ἃ πορεύεται ἐπὶ τέσσαρα, ἃ ἔχει σκέλη ἀνώτερον τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ, πηδᾶν ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:21)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • ἀνώτερον πύλησ τῶν ἵππων ἐκράτησαν οἱ ἱερεῖσ, ἀνὴρ ἐξεναντίασ οἴκου ἑαυτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 3:28)
  • 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)

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

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