αἵνω

English (LSJ)

aor. inf. ἧναι Hp. ap. Gal.19.103 (glossed by κόψαι), Phot.:—sift, winnow, Pherecr.183, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.930; v. ἀνέω. (Possibly for ϝαν-yω, cf. vannus.)

Spanish (DGE)

• Alolema(s): αἴνω Hdn.Gr.2.930
aventar Pherecr.197, cf. Hdn.Gr.l.c.
•golpear Hp. en Gal.19.103, cf. ἥνας· κόψας Phot.η 194.
• Etimología: Cf. ἀνέω.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

αἵνω: πτίσσω = κοσκινίζω, λικμῶ, «λιχνίζω», Φερεκρ. Ἄδηλ. 18 (παρ’ Εὐστ. Ἰλ. 801, 56)· μολγὸν αἵνειν, παροιμ. ἐπὶ ἀδυνάτου πράγματος, ἴδε Bgk παρὰ Meineke, Κωμ. Ἀποσπ. 2, σ. 988, 1066 κἑξ., Δινδ. Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. σ. 504

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: winnow (Pherekr.), but see the glosses.
Other forms: aor. ἧναι Further ἀνέω (Ar. Fr. 694 (uncertain), Ath.), ἀφανέω Ar. Eq. 394 (v.1.), ἄφηνα ἔκοψα, ἀφῆναι τὸ τὰς ἐπτισμένας κριθὰς χερσὶ τρῖψαι H.; further αἵνων· πτίσσων, ἥνας κόψας and γάναι (= Ϝᾶναι) περιπτίσαι (cod. -πτύσαι; s. Solmsen Unt. 280).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown] [82]
Etymology: PN Ἄνιος, Fick KZ 42, 146f.; Bechtel KZ 46, 374 compares the name of a phratry Ϝανίδαι (Argos); both quite uncertain. - One compared Lat. vannus Futterschwinge; and OHG wintōn fan, Goth. dis-winÞjan λικμᾶν. The Germ. words seem to derive from the word for wind (cf. Lat. ventilare fan, but αἵνω has no trace of the -t-. Derivation of the Greek word from *h₂weh₁- seems excluded by γάναι, which has no vowel before the F. ἀνέω has been explained from *ἀ-Ϝαν-έω (Solmsen Unt. 272), which would imply a non-IE word (which is quite possible; or can we assume *h₂u̯n̥H- > *αϜαν- ?). Note that the exact meaning of the word in unclear.

Frisk Etymology German

αἵνω: {haínō}
Forms: Aor. ἧναι
Grammar: v.
Meaning: die Körner von der Spreu reinigen, näherer Prozeß unbekannt (dreschen, worfeln) (Pherekr., Hp.).
Derivative: Daneben ἀ̄νέω (Ar. Fr. 694, Lesung unsicher, Ath., Paus. Gr.), ἀφανέω Ar. Eq. 394 (v. 1.), ἄφηνα· ἔκοψα, ἀφῆναι· τὸ τὰς ἐπτισμένας κριθὰς χερσὶ τρῖψαι H.; außerdem αἵνων· πτίσσων, ἥνας· κόψας und γάναι (= ϝᾶναι)· περιπτίσαι (cod. -πτύσαι, vgl. Solmsen Unt. 280).
Etymology: Davon nach Fick KZ 42, 146f. Ἄνιος PN. Bechtel KZ 46, 374 zieht auch den Phratrienamen ϝανίδαι (Argos) heran. Zum Vergleich bietet sich lat. vannus Futterschwinge; ferner ahd. wintōn worfeln, got. dis-winþjan λικμᾶν, die aber beide wie lat. ventilare worfeln von den Wörtern für Wind, ahd. wint, got. winds, ausgehen, mit denen αἵνω höchstens indirekt (als nasalerweiterte Tiefstufe von idg. u̯ē- wehen) verwandt sein kann. Die Bildung von ἀ̄νέω ist dunkel; die Herleitung aus *ἀϝανέω (Solmsen Unt. 272) ein Notbehelf. S. noch Sommer Lautst. 54, 104, Brugmann IF 3, 259f.
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German (Pape)

= πτίσσω, Hdn. π. μ. λ. 24; αἵνειν μολγόν Ar. frg. bei Schol. Equ. 959; Ath. X.455e; vgl. Meineke com. II.p. 346, 988.1066.