ἄνωθεν
anothen
from above, from on high
Appears 106 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄνωθεν and ἄνωθε ( Ec. 698), Dor. ἄνωθα Tab.Heracl. 1.17: (ἄνω):—Adv. of Place, A. from above, from on high, θεοὺς ἄ. γῆς ἐποπτεύειν ἄχη Ag. 1579; ὕδατος ἄ. γενομένου 4.75; βάλλειν ἄ. 7.84; from the interior of a country, 1.59, An. 7.7.2; esp. from inner Asia, Dem. 14; from the north, 4.105. 2. like ἄνω, above, on high, opp. κάτωθεν or κάτω, Ag. 871 (dub.): of the gods, Supp. 597 (lyr.), Lg. 717b; of men on earth, οἱ ἄ. the living, Ch. 834 (lyr.), Hel. 1014; those on deck (in a ship), 7.63; of birds of the air, El. 1058 (lyr.); ἡ ἄ. Φρυγία upper Phrygia, 23.155. b. rarely c. gen., ἄ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου 1.75; τοῦ καρποῦ Art. 80; τῆς νεώς Them. 12. II. in narrative or in quiry, from the beginning, from farther back, ἄ. ἄρχεσθαι, ἐπιχειρεῖν, Phlb. 44d, Lg. 781d; ἄ. ἐξετάζειν τὸ γένος 44.69, cf. Epit. 23; in quotations, above, earlier, Sch. Ph. 249, etc.: οἱ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ἄ. γονεῖς ancestors, Ti. 18d; Κορίνθιαι εἰμὲς ἄ. by descent, 15.91, cf. 22.164, Aet. 3.1.32; πονηρὸς ἄ. a born rogue, 45.80; ἐκ προγόνων ἄ. τετιμημένος IG 22.1072; ἄ. ἀναμάρτητον from early life, Sto.Herc. 339.17.16; ἐν τοῖς ἄ. χρόνοις 9.41. 2. τὰ ἄ. higher, more universal principles, Phd. 101d, cf. AP 0.97a33. 3. over again, anew, afresh, φιλίαν ἄ. ποιεῖται AJ 1.18.3, 1.14, cf. Ev.Jo. 3.3; πάλιν ἄ. Ep.Gal. 4.9, cf. s.v. ἀνάδικοι κρίσεις; κτίστης ἄνωθε γενόμενος IG 7.2712.58.
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