ἀνεμόσυρις

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γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν → we are all made for mutual assistance, as the feet, the hands, and the eyelids, as the rows of the upper and under teeth, from whence it follows that clashing and opposition is perfectly unnatural

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Transliteration A: anemósyris Transliteration B: anemosyris Transliteration C: anemosyris Beta Code: a)nemo/suris

English (LSJ)

ιδος, ἡ, a kind of

   A fan: hence, fanshaped whirlwind, Olymp. in Mete. 200.19.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀνεμόσυρις: -ιδος, ἡ, (σύρω) δίνη, θύελλα, τυφών, καὶ εἶδος ῥιπιστῆρος, λέξις ἐπιχωριάζουσα παρ’ ᾈλεξανδρεῦσιν, «διὰ τὸ ἐοικέναι κυκλανέμοις γυναικείοις, ἅπερ ἀνεμόσυριν καλοῦσιν οἱ ἐπιχωριάζοντες» Ὀλυμπιόδ. εἰς Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. ἴδε Sturz Διάλ. Μακεδ. σ. 146.