ἀνέμη

See also: ανέμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Hellenistic word, mentioned once at Pseudo-Macarius of Egypt (see quotation below). From the ancient ἄνεμ(ος) m (ánem(os), “wind”) + ending for feminine nouns -η (-ē).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἀνέμη • (anémē) f (genitive ἀνέμης); first declension (Koine)

  1. (textiles) weasel [1][2]
    • ὅτε ὁρᾷ με, στρέφεται ώς ἀνέμη
      hóte horâi me, stréphetai ṓs anémē
      when (he) looks at me, he whirls like a weasel
      Pseudo-Macarius of Egypt.34.240. @books.google, Patrologiae cursus completus: Series Graeca, vol.54, Ed. Migne, 1864.
  2. (nautical) winch, capstan [3]
    Synonym: ὁλκός (holkós)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἀνέμη; τῆς ἀνέμης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀνέμη
hē anémē		 τὼ ἀνέμᾱ
tṑ anémā		 αἱ ἀνέμαι
hai anémai
Genitive τῆς ἀνέμης
tês anémēs		 τοῖν ἀνέμαιν
toîn anémain		 τῶν ἀνεμῶν
tôn anemôn
Dative τῇ ἀνέμῃ
têi anémēi		 τοῖν ἀνέμαιν
toîn anémain		 ταῖς ἀνέμαις
taîs anémais
Accusative τὴν ἀνέμην
tḕn anémēn		 τὼ ἀνέμᾱ
tṑ anémā		 τᾱ̀ς ἀνέμᾱς
tā̀s anémās
Vocative ἀνέμη
anémē		 ἀνέμᾱ
anémā		 ἀνέμαι
anémai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • > Greek: ανέμη (anémi) (inherited)
  • →⇒ Sicilian: anìmulu, nìmulu

References
  1. s.v. «άνεμος» - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “ἀνέμη”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. For Medieval Greek:
    ἀνέμη in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
    ἀνέμη - Kriaras, Emmanuel (vol.1 1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. I–XIV] (in Greek) Online edition (22 vols. printed edition)
  3. ἀνέμη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
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