ἀνία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἀνίη]], Aeol. [[ὀνία]], ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[grief]], [[sorrow]], [[distress]], [[trouble]], <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>611</span>, Sapph.1.3 (pl.), <span class="bibl">Thgn.76</span>, etc.; ὑπὸ τῆς ἀνίας ἀνεθολοῦθ' ἡ καρδία <span class="bibl">Pherecr.116</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀνίαν ἔρχεταί τινι</b> is like to be a [[mischief]] to him, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1138</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>477d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>355a</span>,al.: in plural, ὀνίαισι Sapph. l. c.; ἀντ' ἀ ιῶν ἀνίαι <span class="bibl">Thgn.344</span>; ἐμοὶ λιπὼν ἀνίας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>973</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1005</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1115</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>353e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> concrete, <b class="b3">δαιτὸς ἀνίη</b> the [[killjoy]] of our [[feast]], <span class="bibl">Od.17.446</span>; <b class="b3">ἄπρηκτος ἀνίη</b> [[inevitable]] [[bane]], of [[Scylla]], <span class="bibl">12.223</span>; [[ἀνίη]] καὶ πολὺς [[ὕπνος]] = an [[annoyance]], <span class="bibl">15.394</span>. [In Hom. and S. always ῑ, also <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1031</span> (s.v.l.). Other Poets made the ι long or short as the verse required, though the Homeric quantity prevailed in Ep.]</span>