ἀνά
prep. governing gen., dat., and acc. Radic. sense, "up, upon", opp. to κατά.
A. WITH GEN., ἀνὰ νηός "on board" ship, Od.
B. WITH DAT., "on, upon", ἀνὰ σκήπτρωι "upon" the sceptre, Il.; ἀνὰ ὤμωι "upon" the shoulder, Od.
C. WITH ACC., the comm. usage, implying "motion upwards":
I. of Place, "up to, up along", ἀνὰ τὸν ποταμόν Hdt.; ἀνὰ δῶμα "up and down" the house, "throughout" it, Il.; so, ἀνὰ στρατόν, ἄστυ, ὅμιλον Hom.; ἀνὰ στόμα ἔχειν to have "continually in" the mouth, id=Hom.
II. of Time, "throughout", ἀνὰ νύκτα Il.; ἀνὰ τὸν πόλεμον Hdt.; ἀνὰ χρόνον "in course of" time, id=Hdt.; ἀνὰ πᾶσαν τὴν ἡμέραν id=Hdt.; but, ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡμέραν, distributively, day "by" day, id=Hdt.
III. distributively also with Numerals, ἀνὰ πέντε παρασάγγας τῆς ἡμέρας [they marched] "at the rate" of 5 parasangs a day, Xen.; κλισίας ἀνὰ πεντήκοντα companies "at the rate" of 50 "in" each, NTest.; ἔλαβον ἀνὰ δηνάριον a denarius "apiece", id=NTest.
IV. ἀνὰ κράτος "up to" the full strength, with "all" might, ἀνὰ κράτος φεύγειν, ἀπομάχεσθαι Xen.; ἀνὰ λόγον "in" proportion, Plat.
D. WITHOUT CASE as adv. "thereupon", Hom., etc.
2. "all over", μέλανες δ᾽ ἀνὰ βότρυες ἦσαν "all over" there were clusters, Il. [E.] IN COMPOS.,
1. "upwards, up", as ἀναβαίνω, ἀνίστημι.
2. with a sense of "increase or completeness", as ἀνακρίνω.
3. "again", as ἀναβλαστάνω, ἀναγινώσκω.
4. "back, backwards", ἀναχωρέω.
F. ἄνα by anastr. for ἀνάστηθι, "up! arise!" ἀλλ᾽ ἄνα Hom.
2. ἄν apocop. for ἀνέστη, "he stood up", Il.