ἀνεμώλιος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A windy, Hom., but only metaph., ἀνεμώλια βάζειν talk words of wind, Il.4.355, Od.11.464; οἱ δ' αὖτ' ἀνεμώλιοι are like the winds, i.e. empty boasters, Il.20.123; τί νυ τόξον ἔχεις ἀνεμώλιον αὔτως; why bear thy bow in vain? 21.474; δίκη ἀ., of a trial, Maiist.38; ἔπεσεν . . ἀνεμώλιον αὔτως Theoc.25.239; εἶπε δ' ὕδωρ πίνειν, ἀνεμώλιος the empty fool! AP11.61 (Maced.); ἀ. ἀσπίδα θεῖναι make it powerless, i.e. harmless, Orph.L.512.—Ep. and Ion. word, used by Luc.Astr.2. (From ἄνεμος, with Aeol. ending -ώνιος, by dissimilation -ώλιος, Eust.1214.27; cf. μετα-μώνιος.)