ἀννίς
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-ih₂- (“grandmother”). Cognates include Latin anus (“old woman”), Old Armenian հան (han, “grandmother”) and Lithuanian anýta (“mother-in-law”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.nís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /anˈnis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /anˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /anˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈnis/
Noun
[edit]ἀννίς • (annís) f (genitive unknown (possibly ãννιοσ))
- (hapax) maternal or paternal grandmother.
Usage notes
[edit]Glossed by Hesychius as μητρὸς ἢ πατρὸς μήτηρ (mētròs ḕ patròs mḗtēr, “mother’s or father’s mother”).
Inflection
[edit]- ἄννιν sg (ánnin, acc.) (This could point to a genitive singular in ãννιοσ (ãnnios).)
Further reading
[edit]- “ἀννίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀννίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Hesychius' Lexicon: α