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ἀνώτερον (anoteron)

ἀνώτερον is an Ancient Greek form of ἀνώτερος, meaning “higher, upper”. It is the accusative singular neuter adjective.

Found 42 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales 2.5.2: … γεγονέναι τὸ πυκτεύειν καὶ παλαίειν πρότερον ἐν ἀγῶνι καὶ ἁμίλλῃ τοῦ τροχάζειν, καὶ παρεκάλουν ἐξάγειν εἰς τὸ ἀνώτερον. ἔφην δʼ ἐκ τοῦ παραστάντος, ὅτι ταῦτά μοι πάντα μιμήματα δοκεῖ καὶ γυμνάσματα τῶν πολεμικῶν εἶναι· καὶ γὰρ ὁ …

All forms of ἀνώτερος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.