ἄνεμος

ἄνεμος [ᾰ], ὁ,

• wind, πέτετο πνοιῇ ἀνέμοιο Il. 12.207; ἀνέμων ἀτάλαντοι ἀέλλῃ 13.795; ὦρσεν . . ἀνέμοιο θύελλαν 12.253; ἀνέμοιο . . δεινὸς ἀήτης 15.626, cf. 14.254; ἀνέμων ἀμέγαρτον ἀϋτμήν Od. 11.407, etc.; ἀνέμων πνεύματα Hdt. 7.16.αʹ, E. HF 102; ῥιπαί S. Ant. 137.930 (both lyr.); ἀήματα A. Eu. 905; αὖραι E. Med. 838; πνοιαί Ar. Av. 1396; ἀνέμων φθόγγος Simon. 37.10; ἀνέμου κατιόντος μεγάλου a gale having come on, Th. 2.25; ἀνέμου ἐξαίφνης ἀσελγοῦς γενομένου Eup. 320; ἄνεμος κατὰ βορέαν ἑστηκώς the wind being set in the north, Th. 6.104; ἀνέμοις φέρεσθαι παραδιδόναι τι cast a thing to the winds, E. Tr. 419, cf. A.R. 1.1334; κατʼ ἄνεμον στῆναι stand to leeward, Arist. HA 541a26, cf. Plu. Sollert. 2.972a; κατʼ ἄνεμον καὶ ῥοῦν νήχεσθαι ib. 979c: metaph., ἄνεμος . . ἄνθρωπος ‘unstable as the wind’, Eup. 376; φέρειν τινʼ ἄρας (sic l.) ἄ. a very wind to carry off, Antiph. 195.5 (Lobeck); ἀνέμους θηρᾶν ἐν δικτύοις try to catch the wind, and ἀνέμῳ διαλέγεσθαι talk to the wind, Zen. 1.38; ἀνέμους γεωργεῖν ‘plough the sands’, ib. 100.
• • • 2 cardinal point, quarter, ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀ. LXX Za. 2.6, Annales du Service 19.40 (Theadelphia, 93 B.C.), Ev.Matt. 24.31, al., Vett.Val. 140.6, PFlor. 50.104: sg., ib. 20.19 (ii A.D.); τὸ κατʼ ἄνεμον aspect, POxy. 100.10 (ii A.D.).
  • II wind in the body, Hp. Mul. 2.179, al. (From ἀνε- ‘blow, breathe’, cf. Skt. áni-ti ‘breathes’, Goth. uzanan ‘expire’, etc.)

ἄνεμος, (ἄημι), ὁ, das Wehen, Lufthauch, Wind, von Hom. an überall ; ἀργαλέων ἀνέμων ἀέλλῃ Il. 13.795 ; πάσας ἀέλλας παντοίων ἀνέμων Od. 5.293 ; ἀνέμοιο δεινὸς ἀήτη Il. 15.626 ; ἀργαλέων ἀνέμων ἀμέγαρτον ἀϋτμήν Od. 11.400 ; λιγέων ἀνέμων ἀϋτμένα Od. 3.289 ; ἀνέμοιο θύελλαν Il. 12.253 ; ἀνέμου πνοιή Od. 6.20 ; πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο Il. 12.207 ; πνοιαὶ παντοίων ἀνέμων 17.56 ; τὸν δʼ οὔ ποτε κύματα λείπει παντοίων ἀνέμων 2.397. Uebertr., ἐχθίστων ἀνέμων ῥιπαί Soph. Ant. 137, vom Grimme des Wut schnaubenden Kriegers ; δοῦναί τι ἀνέμοις, etwas in den Wind schlagen, Ap.Rh. 1.1334. – Eupol. B.A. 13 ἄνεμος καὶ ὄλεθρος ἄνθρωπος, ein windiger Mensch.

ἄνεμος

-ου, ὁ.

• • 1

    A wind: ἐλθὼν ἀ. Il. 17.57. Cf. Il. 5.865: Od. 5.109, 368, Od. 12.313.

    With pl.: οἱ δʼ ἄνεμοι ἔβαν (they, the winds mentioned) Il. 23.229: τῶν ἄλλων ἀνέμων Od. 5.383.

  • 2

    The wind: ἀ. πρῆσεν ἱστίον Il. 1.481. Cf. Il. 5.499, Il. 6.147, 346, Il. 11.156, 308, Il. 12.133, 157, 207, 253, Il. 14.398, Il. 15.383, 626, Il. 17.739, Il. 3.492, Il. 23.367, Il. 24.342: δεῦρʼ ἀ. πέλασσεν Od. 5.111 = 134. Cf. Od. 1.98, Od. 2.427, Od. 3.300, Od. 5.391, Od. 9.285, Od. 11.592, Od. 13.276, etc.

  • 3

    Joined with Βορέης Il. 15.26: Od. 9.67, Od. 14.253, 299, Od. 19.200.

    With Ζέφυρος Il. 16.150.

  • 4

    In pl.

  • • a

      Winds: δύο Il. 9.4. Cf. Il. 13.795, Il. 14.254, Il. 23.194: Od. 9.82, Od. 11.400 = 407, Od. 12.286, 425, Od. 14.313, Od. 24.110.

    • b

      The winds: κνίσην ἄνεμοι φέρον Il. 8.549. Cf. Il. 2.397, Il. 5.501, 525, Il. 8.481, Il. 10.437, Il. 12.281, Il. 13.334, Il. 14.17, Il. 15.620, Il. 16.213 = Il. 23.713, Il. 17.56, Il. 23.199, 317: πνοιὰς ἀνέμων Od. 4.839. Cf. Od. 3.289, Od. 5.293, 305, 317, 330, 343, 478, Od. 6.43, Od. 7.272, Od. 9.260, Od. 10.20, 21, 47, Od. 12.326, Od. 13.99, Od. 19.440.

ἄ˘νεμος (-ος, -ον; -ων, -οις, -ους)

• 1wind ἔστιν ἀνθρώποις ἀνέμων ὅτε πλείστα χρῆσις O. 11.1 ἄλλοτε δʼ ἀλλοῖαι πνοαὶ ὑψιπετᾶν ἀνέμων P. 3.105 βασιλεὺς ἀνέμων Βορέας P. 4.181 ὠκυπόρους κυμάτων ῥιπὰς ἀνέμους τʼ ἐκάλει P. 4.195 βαρυγδούπων ἀνέμων στίχες P. 4.210 μὴ φθινοπωρὶς ἀνέμων χειμερία κατὰ πνοὰ δαμαλίζοι χρόνον P. 5.120 τὸν οὔτε χειμέριος ὄμβρος οὔτʼ ἄνεμος ἐς μυχοὺς ἁλὸς ἄξοισι P. 6.12 “ψάμαθοι κύμασιν ῥιπαῖς τʼ ἀνέμων κλονέονται” P. 9.48 ἤ μέ τις ἄνεμος ἔξω πλόου ἔβαλεν P. 11.39 χερσὶ θαμινὰ βραχυσίδαρον ἄκοντα πάλλων ἴσα τʼ ἀνέμοις (Mosch.: ἴσον τʼ ἀνέμοισιν codd.) N. 3.45 θαλασσίαις ἀνέμων ῥιπαῖσι πεμφθεὶς ὑπὸ Τροίαν N. 3.59 σοφοὶ δὲ μέλλοντα τριταῖον ἄνεμον ἔμαθον N. 7.17 παντοδαπῶν ἀνέμων ῥιπαῖσιν fr. 33d. 2. οὐδʼ ἀνέμους ἔ[λ]α[θ]εν οὐδὲ τὸν εὐρυφαρέτραν ἑκαβόλον Pae. 6.110 ]ναόν· τὸν μὲν Ὑπερβορ[έοις] ἄνεμος ζαμενὴς ἔμειξ[ Pae. 8.64 ὠκείας τʼ ἀνέμων ῥιπάς *fr. 140c. 2*.

ἄνεμος : wind; often in gen. w. synonymous words, ἀνέμοιο θύελλα, ἀήτης, ἀυτμή, πνοιαί, and ἲς ἀνέμοιο, Il. 15.383; Βορέῃ ἀνέμῳ, Od. 14.253. The other winds named by Homer are Eurus, Notus, and Zephyrus.

ἄνεμος Root !αν, cf. ἄημι

• wind, Hom., etc.; ἀνέμου κατιόντος a squall having come on, Thuc.; ἄν. κατὰ βορέαν ἑστηκώς the wind being settled in the north, Thuc.; ἀνέμοις φέρεσθαι παραδοῦναί τι to cast a thing to the winds, Lat. ventis tradere, Eur.:—Hom. and Hes. mention only four winds, Boreas, Eurus, Notus (or Argestes), Zephyrus; Arist. gives twelve, which served as points of the compass.