ἄνω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὄνω (ónō) — Aeolic

Etymology

From ἀνά (aná, “up, upon”) +‎ -ω (-ō, adverbial suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.nɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.no/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.no/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.no/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.no/

Adverb

ᾰ̓́νω • (ắnō)

(with verbs of motion) upwards
above, high up
(of motion) inland, away from the coast

Antonyms

(most senses): κᾰ́τω (kắtō)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀνά (> DER > ἄνω)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97

Further reading

“ἄνω (B)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἄνω²”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἄνω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“ἄνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
“ἄνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἄνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963