ἀνία

English (LSJ)

Ion. ἀνίη, Aeol. ὀνία, ἡ,

   A grief, sorrow, distress, trouble, Hes. Th.611, Sapph.1.3 (pl.), Thgn.76, etc.; ὑπὸ τῆς ἀνίας ἀνεθολοῦθ' ἡ καρδία Pherecr.116; εἰς ἀνίαν ἔρχεταί τινι is like to be a mischief to him, S.Aj.1138, cf. Pl.Grg.477d, Prt.355a,al.: in pl., ὀνίαισι Sapph. l. c.; ἀντ' ἀ ιῶν ἀνίαι Thgn.344; ἐμοὶ λιπὼν ἀνίας S.Aj.973, cf. 1005, Ph.1115, Pl.Prt.353e.    2 concrete, δαιτὸς ἀνίη the killjoy of our feast, Od.17.446; ἄπρηκτος ἀνίη inevitable bane, of Scylla, 12.223; ἀνίη καὶ πολὺς ὕπνος an annoyance, 15.394. [In Hom. and S. always ῑ, also E.IT1031 (s.v.l.). Other Poets made the ι long or short as the verse required, though the Homeric quantity prevailed in Ep.]