ἀνώτερος

anoteros

upper, higher

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Posterior Analytics 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 5 74a4–74b4

74a7

Chapter 9 75b37–76a30

76a19
On the Heavens 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 3 310a16–311a14

310b14

Chapter 5 312a22–313a15

313a9
History of Animals 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 17 496a4–497b2

496b35
Book II 1
Chapter 11 503a15–503b28

503b18
Mechanica 2
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Chapter 7 851a38–851b5

851a38
851b4
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 2 391b9–392b13

392a16
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 1 1155a3–1155b16

1155b2
Meteorology 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 375b16–377a28

377a10
Parts of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 9 671a26–672b9

671b34

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνώτερος, α, ον, Comp. Adj. from ἄνω (B), A. upper, higher, Arist. HA 496b35, D.H. Rh. 1.1, Luc. Asin. 9; ἐπιβουλῆς ἀ. γέγονεν got the better of, Nic.Dem.p.25 D.; neut. as Adv., Arist. HA 503b18; above, LXX Le. 11.21; earlier in a book, Ep.Hebr. 10.8, cf. Plb. 3.1.1; to a higher place, Ev.Luc. 14.10. Adv. ἀνωτέρω, v. ἄνω.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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