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ἄνεμος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνεμος ἀνέμου

Structure: ἀνεμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Root AN, cf. a)/hmi

Sense

  1. wind, breeze, gale
  2. one of the four cardinal directions

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὥσπερ ἄνεμοι καὶ νέφη καὶ ὑετοὶ ἐπιφανέστατα, οὕτωσ ὁ καυχώμενοσ ἐπὶ δόσει ψευδεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 25:15)
  • καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἄγγελοσ ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ εἶπε. ταῦτά ἐστιν οἱ τέσσαρεσ ἄνεμοι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἐκπορεύονται παραστῆναι τῷ Κυρίῳ πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 6:5)
  • ἐγὼ Δανιὴλ ἐθεώρουν ἐν ὁράματί μου τῆσ νυκτὸσ καὶ ἰδοὺ οἱ τέσσαρεσ ἄνεμοι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ προσέβαλον εἰσ τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν μεγάλην. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 7:2)
  • κεφαλὴ ἑκάστου ἔτεοσ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐσ τὴν Βύβλον ἀπικνέεται πλώουσα τὸν μεταξὺ πλόον ἑπτὰ ἡμερέων, καί μιν οἱ ἄνεμοι φέρουσι θείῃ ναυτιλίῃ· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 7:3)
  • "ἄνεμοι ὦν τρηχέεσ ἐκείνῃσι τῇσι ἡμέρῃσι ἱστάμενοι τὴν γῆν τῷ ποταμῷ ἐπιφέρουσιν ἐοῦσαν ἐσ τὰ μάλιστα μιλτώδεα, ἡ δὲ γῆ μιν αἱμώδεα τίθησιν καὶ τοῦδε τοῦ πάθεοσ οὐ τὸ αἷμα, τὸ λέγουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἡ χώρη αἰτίη. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 8:11)

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