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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

  • καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπὶ Αἰλὰμ τέσσαρασ ἀνέμουσ ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἄκρων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ διασπερῶ αὐτοὺσ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ ἀνέμοισ τούτοισ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἔθνοσ, ὃ οὐχ ἥξει ἐκεῖ, οἱ ἐξωσμένοι Αἰλάμ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 25:15)
  • οὕτωσ σύ, ἡ νομοφύλαξ, πανταχόθεν ἐν τῷ τῶν παθῶν περιαντλουμένη κατακλυσμῷ καὶ καρτεροῖσ ἀνέμοισ, ταῖσ τῶν υἱῶν βασάνοισ συνεχομένη γενναίωσ ὑπέμεινασ τοὺσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ εὐσεβείασ χειμῶνασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:32)
  • καὶ τὸ παράδειγμα ἡμῖν παρὰ τῶν γεωργῶν, οἳ τὰ φυτὰ μέχρι μὲν πρόσγεια καὶ νήπιά ἐστι, σκέπουσιν καὶ περιφράττουσιν ὡσ μὴ βλάπτοιντο ὑπὸ τῶν πνευμάτων, ἐπειδὰν δὲ ἤδη παχύνηται τὸ ἔρνοσ, τηνικαῦτα περιτέμνουσίν τε τὰ περιττὰ καὶ παραδιδόντεσ αὐτὰ τοῖσ ἀνέμοισ δονεῖν καὶ διασαλεύειν καρπιμώτερα ἐξεργάζονται. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 20:10)
  • καὶ σοὶ μέν ‐ οὐ γὰρ ἀρτίασ ἔχεισ φρένασ ‐ Ἀργεῖ’ ὀνείδη καὶ Φρυγῶν ἐπαινέσεισ ἀνέμοισ φέρεσθαι παραδίδωμ’· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic 2:18)
  • ὁ μὲν καθίησιν ἀρχὰσ σπερμάτων προσηκόντων γῆ δ’ ἀναδίδωσιν, αὔξεται δὲ τὰ μὲν ὄμβροισ τὰ δ’ ἀνέμοισ τὰ δ’ ἄστροισ ἐπιθαλπόμενα καὶ σελήνῃ, κοσμεῖ δ’ ἥλιοσ ἅπαντα καὶ πᾶσι τοῦτο δὴ τὸ παρ’ αὑτοῦ φίλτρον ἐγκεράννυσιν. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 3 5:1)

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