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from, by, or because of which a thing is done, ἀ. τούτου κριοπρόσωπον τὤγαλμα τοῦ Διὸς ποιεῦσι Hdt. 2.42; ἀ. τινος ἐπαινεῖσθαι, θαυμάζεσθαι, ὠφελεῖσθαι, Th. 2.25, 6.12, X. Cyr. 1.1.2; ἀ. τῶν ξυμφορῶν διαβάλλεσθαι Th. 5.17; τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν ἔχειν ἀ. τινος Id. 1.46; ἀ. λῃστείας τὸν βίον ἔχειν X. An. 7.7.9; ἀπʼ αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων κρίνειν D. 2.27; ἀ. τοῦ πάθους in consequence of . ., Th. 4.30; βλάπτειν τινὰ ἀ. τινος Id. 7.29; κατασκευάσαντα τὸ πλοῖον ἀφʼ ὧν ὑπελάμβανε σωθήσεσθαι D. 18.194; τρόπαιον ἀ. τινος εἱστήκει on occasion of his defeat, Id. 19.320; τλήμων οὖσʼ ἀπʼ εὐτόλμου φρενός A. Ag. 1302, cf. 1643; ἀ. δικαιοσύνης by reason of it (v. l. for ὑπό), Hdt. 7.164; ἀ. τῶν αὐτῶν λημμάτων on the same scale of profits, D. 3.34, etc.; for ὅσον ἀ. βοῆς ἕνεκα, v. ἕνεκα: hence in half adverbial usages, ἀ. σπουδῆς in earnest, eagerly, Il. 7.359; ἀ. τοῦἴσου, ἀ. τῆς ἴσης, or ἀπʼ ἴσης, equally, Th. 1.99, 15, D. 14.6, etc.; ἀπʼ ὀρθῆς καὶ δικαίας τῆς ψυχῆς Id. 18.298; ἀ. ἀντιπάλου παρασκευῆς Th. 1.91; ἀ. τοῦ προφανοῦς openly, ib. 35; ἀ. τοῦ εὐθέος straightforwardly, Id. 3.43; ἀ. τοῦ αὐτομάτου of free-will, Pl. Prt. 323c; ἀ. γλώσσης by word of mouth, Hdt. 1.123 (but also, from hearsay, A. Ag. 813); ἀ. στόματος Pl. Tht. 142d; ἀπʼ ὄψεως at sight, Lys. 16.19; ἀ. χειρὸς λογίζεσθαι on your fingers, Ar. V. 656; πεύθομαι δʼ ἀπʼ ὀμμάτων νόστον A. Ag. 988; ὀμμάτων ἄπο in the public gaze, E. Med. 216; ἀ. τοῦ κυάμου ἄρχοντας καθίστασθαι X. Mem. 1.2.9; ἡ βουλὴ ἡ ἀ. τοῦ κυάμου Th. 8.66, cf. IG 1.9; τοὺς ἀ. τοῦ κυάμου δισχιλίους ἄνδρας Arist. Ath. 24.3; τριηράρχους αἱρεῖσθαι ἀ. τῆς οὐσίας Decr. ap. D. 18.106; ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ from oneself, on oneʼs own account, Th. 8.6, etc.; ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ γνώμης Id. 4.68; ἀ. συνθήματος, ἀ. παραγγέλματος, by agreement, by word of command, Hdt. 5.74, Th. 8.99; ἀ. σάλπιγγος by sound of trumpet, X. Eq.Mag. 3.12 (s.v.l.); ἐπίτροπος ἀ. τῶν λόγων, = Lat. procurator a rationibus, Ann.Epigr.. 1913.143a ( Ephesus, ii A. D.).
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ἀπὸ τῆς ἴσης equally, Th. 1.15; ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς ἴ. ἐχθρός Id. 3.40; ἀπʼ ἴσης εἶναι D. 14.6; ἀφʼ ἵσου SIG 426.14 ( Teos, iii B.C.); διʼ ἴσου D.C. 43.37; at equal distance, Pl. R. 617b: also in Math., ex aequali, of proportions, Euc. 5 Def. 17, al.; διʼ ἴ. ἐν τεταραγμένῃ ἀναλογίᾳ ex aequali in disturbed proportion, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 2.4, al., Papp. 932.11; ἐν ἴσῳ equally, Th. 2.53, 4.65; ἐν ἴσῳ ἐστί it matters not, E. IA 1199; ἐν ἴσῳ [ἐστὶ] καὶ εἰ . . Th. 2.60; ἐν τῷ ἴσῳ εἶναι Id. 4.10; ἐξ ἴσης Pl. Lg. 861a: more freq. ἐξ ἴσου Hdt. 7.135, S. OT 563, etc.; ἐξ ἴ. τινί Id. Ant. 516, 644, Antipho 5.1, Pl. Grg. 517a; evenly, εὐθεῖα γραμμή ἐστιν ἥτις ἐξ ἴ. τοῖς ἐφʼ ἑαυτῆς σημείοις κεῖται Euc. 1 Def. 4; ἐξ ἴ. καὶ . . S. OC 254; ὡς . . Id. OT 61; οἱ ἐξ ἴ. persons of equal station, Pl. Lg. 777d, cf. 919d; ὁ ἐξ ἴ. κίνδυνος Plb. 9.4.4; ἐκ τοῦ ἴ. γίγνεσθαί τινι Th. 2.3; τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ ἴσου ἡμῖν οὖσι X. Hier. 8.5; ἐξ ἴσου τισὶ τῆς πολιτείας μεταδιδόναι Lys. 25.3; ἐκ τοῦ ἴ. μάχεσθαι to be evenly matched, X. HG 2.4.16; ἐξ ἴ. πολεμεῖν D. 8.47; κατὰ μῆνα τὸ αἱροῦν ἐξ ἴ. the sum due in equal monthly instalments, PAmh. 2.92.14, etc.; ἐπὶ or ἐπʼ ἴσης, ἐπὶ ἴ. διαφέρειν τὸν πόλεμον Hdt. 1.74; τοῦτο ἐπʼ ἴσης ἔχει Id. 7.50, cf. S. El. 1062 (lyr.), etc.; ἐπʼ ἴσου Plb. 1.18.10; ἐπʼ ἴσον Id. 6.38.4, cf. Docum. ap. D. 18.106, Phld. Ir. p.21 W.; ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο Il. 12.436; cf. κατὰ ἶσα μάχην ἐτάνυσσε 11.336; κατʼ ἴσον Dsc. 1.68.6, Gal. UP 1.19; μετʼ ἴσου equally, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 124.12.