ἀνεμώλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[windy]], Hom., but only metaph., [[ἀνεμώλια βάζειν]] = [[talk words of wind]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.355</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.464</span>; [[οἱ δ' αὖτ' ἀνεμώλιοι]] = [[are like the winds]], i.e. [[empty boasters]], <span class="bibl">Il.20.123</span>; [[τί νυ τόξον ἔχεις ἀνεμώλιον αὔτως]]; = [[why bear thy bow in vain]]? <span class="bibl">21.474</span>; [[δίκη]] ἀνεμώλιος, of a [[trial]], <span class="bibl">Maiist.38</span>; ἔπεσεν . . ἀνεμώλιον αὔτως <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.239</span>; εἶπε δ' ὕδωρ πίνειν, ἀνεμώλιος [[the empty fool]]! AP11.61 (Maced.); [[ἀνεμώλιον ἀσπίδα θεῖναι]] = [[ake a shield wind]], [[make a shield empty wind]], [[make a shield powerless]], [[make a shield harmless]], <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>512</span>.—Ep. and Ion. word, used by <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Astr.</span>2</span>. (From [[ἄνεμος]], with Aeol. ending [[ἀνεμώνιος]], by dissimilation [[ἀνεμώλιος]], <span class="bibl">Eust.1214.27</span>; cf. [[μεταμώνιος]].) </span>