ἐπάνωθεν
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
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.
