A.“ἄνευν” IG4.1484.58 (Epid.); “ἄνευς” GDI1157 (Olymp.):—Prep. (never used in compos.) c. gen. (c. acc. only GDIl.c.), without, opp. “σύν, ἄνευ ἕθεν οὐδὲ σὺν αὐτῷ” 11.17.407; ἄ. κέντροιο without the goad, 23.387; “μόνος ἄ. τινός” Ar.Lys.143, Pl.Smp.217a; in pregnant sense, ἄ. θεῶν, mostly with neg., “οὔτι ἄ. θεοῦ ἥδε γε βουλή” Od.2.372; “οὔ τοι ἄ. θεοῦ ἔπτατο . . ὄρνις” 15.531; “οὐκ ἄ. θεῶν τινος” A.Pers.164; “μηδὲ θύεσθαι μέν τιν᾽ ἰδίᾳ ἄ. τοῦ ἄρχοντος” Aen.Tact.10.4; also without neg., ἄ. ἐμέθεν without my knowledge and will, 11.15.213; ἄ. πολιτᾶν without their consent, A.Ch.431; “ἄ. τοῦ κραίνοντος” S.OC926; ἄ. τοῦ ὑγιεινοῦ without reference to health, Pl.Grg.518d, cf. 519a; “οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ζῆν ἄ. κακοῦ τινος” Diph.32.12,etc.
II. away from, far from, “ἄ. δηΐων” 11.13.556; “ἄ. ὄψου ποιεῖν τινας ἑστιωμένους” Pl.R.372c, cf. Hp.Ma.290e.
III. in Prose, except, besides, “πάντα ἄ. χρυσοῦ” Id.Criti.112c; “ἄ. τοῦ καλὴν δόξαν ἐνεγκεῖν” praeterquam quod attulerit . ., D.18.89; καὶ ἄ. τοῦ λαμβάνειν even without it, X.Cyr.5.4.28.—In early writers it rarely follows its case, “ὑφηγητοῦ δ᾽ ἄ.” S.OC502; “ὧν ἄ.” X.Cyr.6.1.14; freq. in later Prose, as always in Arist., Metaph.1071a2, al., cf. Plu.2.47c, etc. (Cf. Goth. inu, OHG. α_νο 'without'; perh. akin to neg. pref. ἀ-.）
