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ἔνερθε

enerthe

from beneath, up from below

Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔνερθε and ἔνερθεν; Dor. ἔνερθα A.D. Adv. 153.17; also νέρθε and νέρθεν: I. Adv. from beneath, up from below, αὐτὰρ νέρθε Ποσειδάων ἐτίναξε Il. 20.57; πέμψατʼ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν εἰς φῶς A. Pers. 630; τήνδʼ ἔπεμψας νέρθεν ἐς φάος E. Alc. 1139, cf. 985 (lyr.); ν. ἀνακαλούμενον Id. Hel. 966. 2. without sense of motion, beneath, below, ἔ. πόδες καὶ χεῖρες ὕπερθε Il. 13.75, cf. 78; ῥαίνοντο δὲ νέρθε κονίῃ [ἵπποι] 11.282, cf. 535, etc.; πρόσωπά τε ν. τε γοῦνα Od. 20.352; esp. of the nether world, οἱ ἔ. θεοί the gods below, Il. 14.274; τοῖς ἔ. νεκροῖς S. Ant. 25 (lyr.), cf. El. 1068; κοίταν ἔχει ν. Id. OC 1707 (lyr.); ἔνερθʼ ὑπὸ γῆς, ὑπὸ γᾶν, Hes. Th. 720, Pi. P. 9.81; τοῖς . . ν. κἀπὶ γῆς ἄνω S. OT 416; below, i.e. in the vale, E. Ba. 752; βαιὸν δʼ ἔ. S. Ph. 20. II. as Prep. with gen., before or after its case, beneath, below, ἀγκῶνος ἔ. Il. 11.252, cf. 234; γαίης ν. καὶ . . θαλάσσης 14.204; ν. γῆς Od. 11.302; ἔνερθʼ Ἀΐδεω Il. 8.16; γῆς ἔνερθʼ ᾤχου θανών S. Fr. 686, cf. E. Ph. 505. b. from below, γῆς ἔνερθεν ἐς φάος A. Pers. 222 (troch.). 2. subject to, in the power of, ἐχθρῶν ἔ. ὄντα S. Ph. 666. —Never in Att. Prose; used by Hdt., ἔ. τῆς λίμνης 2.13 (abs. in metaph. sense, inferior, τοῖς ἅπασι 1.91); also in IG 4.1485.57 (Epid.), Aret. CD 1.3, Luc. Rh.Pr. 4; in form νέρθε, IG 12(2).74b21 (Mytil., iii B.C.).
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