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|Definition=[ᾰ], Adv., ([[ἄνω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[above]], [[on the upper side]] or [[part]], Ar.''Lys.'' 773, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 514b, etc.; with Art., <b class="b3">ὁ ἐ. πύργος</b> the [[upper]] tower, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 3.54, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> as [[preposition]], c. gen., Id.1.179 (in tmesi, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῦ σήματος ἄνω</b> ib.93), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 109d; ἐ. τῆς χώρας ''IG''12(5).872.32 (Tenos, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐ. γεγονότες κακίας</b> having risen superior to.., Plu.2.1063c; γίγνεται ἐ. τῆς πληγῆς J.''BJ''1.4.2; ἐ. χρημάτων εἶναι D.L.6.28 (but <b class="b3">ἐ. χρημάτων τεταγμένος</b> set [[over]], Vett.Val.48.5).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[before]], [[in front of]], c. gen., [[LXX]] ''Ge.''18.2, ''2 Ki.''24.20; [[in the presence of]], τινός ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]'' 903.14,20 (iv A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[above]], in a book, ἐν τοῖς ἐ. εἴρηται X.''An.'' 6.3.1 (interpol.), cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1012b6; τὰ ἐ. λεχθέντα Str.2.5.8; καθὼς ἐ. γέγραπται ''IG''9(1).694.131 (Corc.), cf. ''CIG''3059.3 (Teos), Polystr.p.22 W.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of [[time]], <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς ἐ. χρόνοις</b> in [[former]] times, D.S.16.42, 18.49; ἐν τῷ ἐ. μηνί ''OGI''764.40 (Pergam.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> of Relationship, πατέρες καὶ τούτων ἐ. D.60.7; οἱ ἐ. πρόγονοι J.''Ap.''1.7; <b class="b3">ἐ. ὄντες Εὐρωπαῖοι</b> citizens of Europus [[in unbroken descent]], Cumont [[Fouilles de Doura-Europos]] p.300.<br><span class="bld">V</span> in Logic, <b class="b3">τὸ ἐ. γένος</b> the genus or species [[above]], opp. <b class="b3">τὰ ὑποκάτω</b>, Arist.''Top.''122a4, 143a21; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐ. τοῦ γένους</b> ib.122a34.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> of Number, [[above]], [[more]], ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς καὶ ἐ. [[LXX]] ''Ex.''30.14, al.; [[above]], [[more than]], ἐ. τριακοσίων δηναρίων ''Ev.Marc.''14.5; ὤφθη ἐ. πεντακοσίοις ''1 Ep.Cor.''15.6.