Lexical Definition

‎ἐσώτερος‎ esṓteros (es-o'-ter-os) inner ^G:A
comparative of ‎ἔσω‎

inner, within.

• interior

Abbott-Smith

ἐσώτερος, -α, -ον (compar. of ἔσω), [in LXX chiefly for פְּנִימִי and cognate forms ;]
inner: Ac 16:24; τὸ ἐ., He 6:19.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Included with: ἐσωτέρω,

ἔσω, used by Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, and Trag. Poets accusative as a spondee or iambus is required; ἔσω (as ἐς for εἰς) prevailed in Ionic dialect and old Attic dialect Prose; but in other Prose and in Comedy texts ἐσωτέρω was the only form admitted, whereas ἔσωθεν with the comparative and superlative ἐσώτερος, ἐσώτατος, ἐσωτέρω, ἐσωτάτω, seem to have been the only forms in use:— adverb of εἰς, ἐς, to within, into: absolutely, μή πού τις ἐπαγγείιῃσι καὶ ἐσωτέρω lest some one may carry the news into the house, [ἐσωτέρω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.427 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; also ἐσωτέρω δ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἔαξε he brake it through to the inside, [ἐσωτέρω ἔθλασεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.96; ἐσωτέρω ἐπιγράψαι τέρενα χρόα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.553; ἐσσύμενοι ἐσωτέρω 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.135; ἐσωτέρω κομίζου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1035 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέπληγμαι..ἔσω[ἐσωτέρω.. δεῦρ᾽ εἴσιθ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 231 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡγεῖσθαι ἐσωτέρω, φεύγειν ἐσωτέρω, [ἐσωτέρω [prev. author] “An.” 1.6.5. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__b when a case follows, [Refs 8th c.BC+] prefers the accusative, δῦναι δόμον Ἄϊδος ἐσωτέρω [ἐσωτέρω αἰχμή 6.10, etc.; ἡγήσατο.. Ἴλιον ἐσωτέρω 1.71, etc. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; more rarely with genitive, κατελθόντ᾽ Ἄϊδος ἐσωτέρω [ἐσωτέρω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.135, compare 8.290 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Prose and Trag., Κύκλωπος ἔσω βλεφάρων ὤσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; it generally follows its case, but precedes in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 with Verbs of Rest, ={ἔνδον}, inside, within, ἐσωτέρω δόρπον ἐκόσμει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἔσω μέτωπον the inner front, [ἐσωτέρω νενοσηκότα σώματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407d; ἐσωτέρω τὴν χεῖρα ἔχειν ἀναβεβλημένον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.251. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b with genitive, μένειν ἐσωτέρω δόμων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γλῶσσαν ἐσωτέρω πυλῶν ῥέουσαν[ἐσωτέρω στέγης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 202 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσωτέρω ξίφους within reach of sword, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσωτέρω τῶν ὅπλων within the heavy-armed troops, i.e. encircled by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσωτέρω τῶν ὀρέων within, i.e. on this side of, the mountains, [Refs]; ἔσω τούτων inside of these people, i.e. farther inland, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσωτέρω βέλους within bow-shot, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ δένδρα τῆς ὁδοῦ ποιεῖν ἐσωτέρω, i.e. inside, i.e. by the side of, the road, [ἐσωτέρω τῆς εἰρωνείας ἀφικνεῖσθαι [prev. author] “Prooem.” 14; πάντα ἐσωτέρω τῆς συμφορᾶς 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 61.18. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II later of Time, within, ἐσωτέρω ἡμερῶν εἴκοσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III for comparative and superlative, see at {ἔσω}.