ἐπάνωθεν

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οὐ βούλομαι δυσχερὲς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀρχόμενος τοῦ λόγου, οὗτος δ' ἐκ περιουσίας μου κατηγορεῖ → for me—but I wish to say nothing untoward at the beginning of my speech—whereas he prosecutes me from a position of advantage | but for me—I do not wish to say anything harsh at the beginning of the speech, but he prosecutes me from a position of strength

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Transliteration A: epánōthen Transliteration B: epanōthen Transliteration C: epanothen Beta Code: e)pa/nwqen

English (LSJ)

or ἐπάνωθε, Adv.
A above, on top, κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι E.Alc.463: c. gen., Pl.Ti.45a, Luc.Epigr.39.
2 up country, inland, Th.2.99.
II of time, of old, χαῶν τῶν ἐ. prob. in Theoc.7.5; τῶν ἐπάνωθε μουσοποιῶν Id.Ep.22.3; ἐν τοῖς ἐ. in former times, CPR188.19 (ii A. D.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 903] von oben her, drüber, Eur. Alc. 463; ἡμῶν Tim. Locr. 45 a; Thuc. 2, 99; χαῶν τῶν ἐπ. Theocr. 7, 5, die Edeln der Vorzeit.

French (Bailly abrégé)

adv.
1 de dessus, d'en haut;
2 d'autrefois.
Étymologie: ἐπάνω, -θεν.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπάνωθεν: Ἐπίρρ., ἐν τοῖς ἄνω μέρεσιν, ἐν τῇ ὀρεινῇ, καὶ ἄλλα ἔθνη ἐπάνωθεν, «τῆς ἄνω Μακεδονίας» (Δούκας), Θουκ. 2. 99· μετὰ γεν., ἐπάνωθεν ἡμῶν, εἰς τὸ ἀνώτατον μέρος ἡμῶν, Πλάτ. Τίμ. 45Α. 2) ἐπὶ χρόνου, οἱ ἐπάνωθεν, οἱ ἐν προτέροις χρόνοις, οἱ προγενέστεροι, Θεόκρ. 7. 5. ― Ὁ τύπος ἐπάνωθε ἀπαντᾷ ἐν Εὐρ. Ἀλκ. 463, κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι, ἐλαφρὸν νὰ πέσῃ τὸ χῶμα ἐπάνω σου.

Greek Monotonic

ἐπάνωθεν: πριν από φωνήεν -θε· επίρρ.,
1. από το πάνω μέρος, πάνω από, σε Ευρ., Θουκ.
2. οἱ ἐπ. οι προγενέστεροι, σε Θεόκρ.

Middle Liddell


1. from above, above, Eur., Thuc.
2. οἱ ἐπ. men of former time, Theocr.

English (Woodhouse)

from above, from aloft, from inland, from on high

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