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

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈne.mi/ → /aˈne.mi/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈne.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈne.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈne.mi/

Noun

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

1. (textiles) weasel
   • 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

   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, anìmmulu, nìmulu, nìmmulu; nìmula f