I. Adv. from beneath, up from below, “αὐτὰρ νέρθε Ποσειδάων ἐτίναξε” Il.20.57; “πέμψατ᾽ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν εἰς φῶς” A.Pers.630; “τήνδ᾽ 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.OC1707 (lyr.); ἔνερθ᾽ ὑπὸ γῆς, ὑπὸ γᾶν, Hes. Th.720, Pi.P.9.81; “τοῖς . . ν. κἀπὶ γῆς ἄνω” S. OT416; below, i.e. in the vale, E.Ba.752; “βαιὸν δ᾽ 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; “ἔνερθ᾽ Ἀΐδεω” Il.8.16; “γῆς ἔνερθ᾽ ᾤχου θανών” S.Fr.686, cf. E.Ph. 505.
b. from below, “γῆς ἔνερθεν ἐς φάος” A.Pers.222 (troch.).