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κείνους δὲ κλαίω ξυμφορᾷ κεχρημένους (Euripides' Medea 347) → I weep for those who have suffered disaster
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English (LSJ)
ον, (ἄνεμος)
A lifted or wafted by the wind, ὑπᾱνέμιοι φορέονται Theoc.5.115; ὑ. τανύοιτο, of the Sun, Arat.839. 2 swift as the wind, Plu.Sert.12. II full of wind, ὑ. ᾠὰ wind-eggs, which produce no chickens, Ar.Fr.186, Pl.Com.19 (ἀνεμιαῖον ᾠόν was considered better Att., Moer.p.73 P.); of eggs laid by hens without impregnation, Arist.HA559b24; so κυήματα ὑ. Id.GA749b1; in Ar. Av.695 (anap.), ὑ. ᾠόν is the egg produced by Night alone, without impregnation; and Luc.Sacr.6 calls Hephaestus the ὑ. παῖς of Hera; λοχεῖαι καὶ ὠδῖνες Plu.2.38e (s. v.l.): hence 2 metaph., empty, idle, ὄνειροι ib.735e, cf. Luc.Harm.4; πλοῦτος Id.Gall.12.