ἀνέκαθεν
From LSJ
Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
English (LSJ)
before a cons. ἀνέκαθε (Hdt.6.128 codd.), Adv. of Place (cf. ἀνεκάς),
A from above, A.Ch.427, Eu.369(lyr.); τἀνέκαθεν ῥεῖ ἐκ . . Hdt. 4.57; cf. ἄγκαθεν. II of Time, from the first, ἐόντες ἀ. Πύλιοι being Pylians by origin, Id.5.65, cf. 7.221; more often with the Art., γεγονότες τὸ ἀ. ἀπὸ Αἰγύπτου 2.43, cf. 6.128; γένος ἐόντες τὰ ἀ. Γεφυραῖοι 5.55, cf. 1.170, 6.35; τὰ ἀ. λαμπροί of ancestral renown, 6.125; πόλις ἀ. συγγενίς OGI566 (Lycia). 2 ἀ. κατηγορεῖν narrate from the beginning, Plb.2.35.10, 5.16.6.
