ἄνωθεν

English (LSJ)

and ἄνωθε (Ar.Ec.698), Dor. ἄνωθα Tab.Heracl.1.17: (ἄνω):—Adv. of Place,

   A from above, from on high, θεοὺς ἄ. γῆς ἐποπτεύειν ἄχη A.Ag.1579; ὕδατος ἄ. γενομένου Th.4.75; βάλλειν ἄ. Id.7.84; from the interior of a country, Id.1.59, X.An.7.7.2; esp. from inner Asia, Plu.Dem.14; from the north, Hdt.4.105.    2 like ἄνω, above, on high, opp. κάτωθεν or κάτω, A.Ag.871 (dub.): of the gods, Id.Supp.597 (lyr.), Pl.Lg.717b; of men on earth, οἱ ἄ. the living, A.Ch.834 (lyr.), E.Hel.1014; those on deck (in a ship), Th.7.63; of birds of the air, S.El.1058 (lyr.); ἡ ἄ. Φρυγία upper Phrygia, D.23.155.    b rarely c. gen., ἄ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου Hdt.1.75; τοῦ καρποῦ Hp.Art.80; τῆς νεώς Plu. Them.12.    II in narrative or in quiry, from the beginning, from farther back, ἄ. ἄρχεσθαι, ἐπιχειρεῖν, Pl.Phlb. 44d, Lg.781d; ἄ. ἐξετάζειν τὸ γένος D.44.69, cf. Men.Epit.23; in quotations, above, earlier, Sch.E.Ph.249, etc.: οἱ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ἄ. γονεῖς ancestors, Pl.Ti.18d; Κορίνθιαι εἰμὲς ἄ. by descent, Theoc.15.91, cf. 22.164, Call.Aet.3.1.32; πονηρὸς ἄ. a born rogue, D.45.80; ἐκ προγόνων ἄ. τετιμημένος IG22.1072; ἄ. ἀναμάρτητον from early life, Phld. Sto.Herc.339.17.16; ἐν τοῖς ἄ. χρόνοις D.9.41.    2 τὰ ἄ. higher, more universal principles, Pl.Phd.101d, cf. Arist.AP0.97a33.    3 over again, anew, afresh, φιλίαν ἄ. ποιεῖται J.AJ1.18.3, Artem.1.14, cf. Ev.Jo.3.3; πάλιν ἄ. Ep.Gal.4.9, cf. Harp. s.v. ἀνάδικοι κρίσεις; κτίστης ἄνωθε γενόμενος IG7.2712.58.