ἀνεμώλιος
ἀλλὰ τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → why all this about trees and rocks, why all these things we have nothing to do with
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.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 223] windig; übertr., nichtig, vergeblich, ἀνεμώλια βάζειν, Il. 4, 355 Od. 11, 464; τί νυ τόξον ἔχεις ἀνεμώλιον αὔτως; Il. 21, 474, was hast du so vergeblich den Bogen? οἶστρος ἀν. Anacr. 59, 15; Theocr. 25, 239; – ἀνεμωλία, ἡ, bei Theophr., ist eine Pflanze, =
