Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἠνεμόεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἠνεμόεις ἠνεμόεσσα ἠνεμόεν

Structure: ἠνεμοεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/nemos

Sense

  1. windy, airy
  2. rapid, rushing

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ Ἀντιμάχου χρήσιμον, ἐξ ὧν μὴ ἔχει λέγειν, ὃ ἐκεῖνοσ ποιεῖ ἐπὶ τοῦ Τευμησσοῦ, ἔστι τισ ἠνεμόεισ ὀλίγοσ λόφοσ· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 6 7:1)
  • ἐν δὲ τῇ Θηβαίων εἰσὶ καὶ αἱ Θεράπναι καὶ ὁ Τευμησσόσ, ὃν ἐκόσμησεν Ἀντίμαχοσ διὰ πολλῶν ἐπῶν, τὰσ μὴ προσούσασ ἀρετὰσ διαριθμούμενοσ "ἔστι τισ ἠνεμόεισ ὀλίγοσ λόφοσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 2 39:6)

Synonyms

  1. rapid

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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