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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

  • ἐξέτεινε δὲ Μωυσῆσ τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ὑπήγαγε Κύριοσ τὴν θάλασσαν ἐν ἀνέμῳ νότῳ βιαίῳ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα καὶ ἐποίησε τὴν θάλασσαν ξηράν, καὶ ἐσχίσθη τὸ ὕδωρ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 14:21)
  • μὴ λίκμα ἐν παντὶ ἀνέμῳ καὶ μὴ πορεύου ἐν πάσῃ ἀτραπῷ. οὕτωσ ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸσ ὁ δίγλωσσοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 5:9)
  • μὴ ἐκλείψουσιν ἀπὸ πέτρασ μαστοὶ ἢ χιὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ Λιβάνου̣ μὴ ἐκκλινῇ ὕδωρ βιαίωσ ἀνέμῳ φερόμενον̣ (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 18:14)
  • κατὰ τοῦτο μάλιστα τὸ στόμα ἐπ̓ εὐθὺ πλέοντι ἀνέμῳ ἀπαρκτίᾳ ἰδίωσ τό πέλαγοσ νῆσοσ πρόκειται, ἥντινα οἳ μὲν Ἀχιλλέωσ νῆσον, οἳ δὲ Δρόμον Ἀχιλλέωσ, οἳ δὲ Λευκὴν ἐπὶ τῆσ χρόασ ὀνομάζουσιν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 1:1)
  • Γέρων, φαλακρόσ, τριβώνιον ἔχων πολύθυρον, ἅπαντι ἀνέμῳ ἀναπεπταμένον καὶ ταῖσ ἐπιπτυχαῖσ τῶν ῥακίων ποικίλον, γελᾷ δ̓ ἀεὶ καὶ τὰ πολλὰ τοὺσ ἀλαζόνασ τούτουσ φιλοσόφουσ ἐπισκώπτει. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 6:1)

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