ἀνά [ ᾰνᾰ ], Aeol. , Thess., Arc. , Cypr. ὀν , Prep. governing gen., dat., and acc. By apocope ἀνά becomes ἄν before dentals, as ἂν τὸν ὀδελόν; ἄγ before gutturals, as ἂγ γύαλα; ἄμ before labials, as
: alsoἀνὰ πρεσβύτᾱτα in order ofage, Test.Epict. 4.28 .
III. distributively with Numerals, κρέα εἴκοσιν ἀν' ἡμιωβολιαῖα
20
pieces of meatathalf an oboleach,
Ar. Ra. 554 ;τῶν ἀν' ὀκτὼ τὠβολοῦthat sell 8
forthe obol, Timocl. 18 ;ἀνὰ πέντε παρασάγγας τῆς ἡμέρας[they marched]at the rate of
5 parasangs a day, X. An. 4.6.4 ;ἔστησαν ἀνὰ ἑκατόν μάλιστα ὥσπερ χοροίthey stoodin bodies ofabout 100 meneach.ib. 5.4.12 ;κλισίας ἀνὰ πεντήκονταcompaniesat the rate of
; esp. in math. sense, Id. Ti. 37a , Arist. APo. 85a38 , etc.;ἀνὰ μέσον inthe midst, Antiph. 13 , Men. 531.19 ; ἀνὰ μέρος by turns,
Arist. Pol. 1287n17
.
D. WITH NOM. of Numerals, etc., distributively, Apoc. 21.21 ,v.l. in Sor. 1.11 , 12 , cf. Orib. Fr. 50 , 54 .
E. WITHOUT CASE asAdv.,thereupon,
Hom. and other Poets:— and with the notion ofspreading all overa space,throughout, all over, μέλανες δ' ἀνὰ βότρυες ἦσαν all overthere were clusters, Il. 18.562 , cf. Od. 24.343 :—butἀνάoften lookslikeanAdv.in Hom. , where really it is only parted from its Verb by tmesis,ἀνὰ δ' ἔσχετο; ἀνὰ δ' ὦρτο(forἀνῶρτο δέ); ἀνὰ τεύχε' ἀείρας(forτεύχεα ἀναείρας), etc.
F. IN COMPO S.
1. as in C. 1 ,up to, upwards, up,opp.κατά,asἀνα-βαίνω, -βλέπω, ἀν-αιρέω, -ίστημι: poet. sts. doubled, ἀν' ὀρσοθύρην ἀναβαίνειν
Od. 22.132
.
2. hence flows the sense ofincreaseorstrengthening,as inἀνακρίνω;though it cannot always be translated, as in Homer'sἀνείρομαι:—in this case opp.ὑπό.
3. from the notionthroughout(E), comes that ofrepetitionandimprovement,as inἀνα-βλαστάνω, -βιόω, -γεννάω.
4. the notion ofback, backwards,inἀναχωρέω, ἀνανεύω,etc., seems to come from such phrases asἀνὰ ῥόον up,i. e.against,the stream.
G. ἄνα,written with anastr. asAdv.,up! arise!
ἀλλ' ἄνα
Il. 6.331
, Od. 18.13 :—in this sense the ult. is never elided; cf. ἀλλ' ἄνα, εἰ μέμονάς γε
Il. 9.247
; ἀλλ' ἄνα ἐξ ἑδράνων
S. Aj. 194
.
2. apocop.ἄνafterὤρνυτο, ὦρτο, and up stood . . arose,
