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ἄνω2 ἀνά

I.implying Motion,
I.up, upwards, Hom., etc.; ἄνω ἰόντι going up the country, (i.e. inland), Hdt.
II.implying Rest, up, aloft, on high, Soph., Plat., etc.
2.on earth, as opp. to the world below, Soph.; οἱ ἄνω the living, opp. to οἱ κάτω the dead, id=Soph.
3.in heaven, as opp. to earth, οἱ ἄνω θεοί the gods above, Lat. superi, id=Soph.
4.generally of position, ἄνω καθῆσθαι to sit in the upper quarter of the city, i. e. the Pnyx, Dem.; ἡ ἄνω βουλή, i. e. the Areopagus, Plut.
5.geographically, on the north, northward, Hdt.
6.inward from the coast, id=Hdt., Xen.; ὁ ἄνω βασιλεύς the king of Persia, Hdt.
7.of Time, formerly, of old, Plat., etc.
8.above, like Lat. supra, in referring to a passage, id=Plat.
9.of tones in the voice, Plut.
III.ἄνω καὶ κάτω, up and down, to and fro, Eur., Ar., etc.
2.upside down, topsy-turvy, Lat. susque deque, τὰ μὲν ἄνω κάτω θήσω, τὰ δὲ κάτω ἄνω Hdt.; ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω στρέφων Aesch., etc.
B.as prep. with gen. above, Hdt.
C.comp. ἀνωτέρω, absol. higher, Aesch.; further, Hdt.
2.c. gen. above, beyond, id=Hdt.
II.Sup. ἀνωτάτω highest, id=Hdt., etc.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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