ἀνίη

ἀνίη

-ης, ἡ.

• • 1

    Trouble, inconvenience Od. 7.192.

  • 2

    A source of danger Od. 12.223.

    A bad thing for one Od. 15.394, Od. 20.52.

    A kill-joy: δαιτὸς ἀνίην Od. 17.446.

ἀνίη , ης: torment, vexation; ἄνευθε πόνου καὶ ἀνίης, Od. 7.192; of Scylla (abstr. for concr.), bane, Od. 12.233; and so of persons, δαιτὸς ἀνίη, Od. 17.446 (cf. 377); ἀνίη καὶ πολὺς ὕπνος, an ‘infliction,’ ‘weariness to the flesh,’ Od. 15.394, cf. Od. 20.52. Cf. ἀνῑάζω. (Od.)