A.distance, interval, “ἀ. τοῦ ἡλίου πρὸς τὴν γῆν” Arist.Cael.294a4; “τῶν σφαιρῶν” Id.Metaph.1073b33, cf. Phld.Sign.9, etc.; “ἐξ ἀ. θεωρεῖσθαι” Epicur.Ep.2p.39U.; “ὅπλα τὰ ἐξ ἀ. λεγόμενα” Ascl.Tact.1.2.
2. degree of descent from an ancestor, “τοῖς ἀ. πρὸς τοὺς γονεῖς παντοδαπῶς ἔχειν” Arist.EN1100a26.