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ἀνία

ἀνία, grief, sorrow, distress, trouble

ἀνία, Ion. ἀνίη, Aeol. ὀνία, ἡ,
  • grief, sorrow, distress, trouble, Hes. Th. 611, Sapph. 1.3 (pl.), Thgn. 76, etc.; ὑπὸ τῆς ἀνίας ἀνεθολοῦθʼ ἡ καρδία Pherecr. 116; εἰς ἀνίαν ἔρχεταί τινι is like to be a mischief to him, S. Aj. 1138, cf. Pl. Grg. 477d, Prt. 355a, al.: in pl., ὀνίαισι Sapph. l.c.; ἀντʼ ἀνιῶν ἀνίαι Thgn. 344; ἐμοὶ λιπὼν ἀνίας S. Aj. 973, cf. 1005, Ph. 1115, Pl. Prt. 353e.
      • 2 concrete, δαιτὸς ἀνίη the killjoy of our feast, Od. 17.446; ἄπρηκτος ἀνίη inevitable bane, of Scylla, 12.223; ἀνίη καὶ πολὺς ὕπνος an annoyance, 15.394. [In Hom. and S. always ῑ, also E. IT 1031 (s.v.l.). Other Poets made the ι long or short as the verse required, though the Homeric quantity prevailed in Ep.]

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