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αἵνω

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ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. → Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.

Simonides of Kea
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Full diacritics: αἵνω Medium diacritics: αἵνω Low diacritics: αίνω Capitals: ΑΙΝΩ
Transliteration A: haínō Transliteration B: hainō Transliteration C: aino Beta Code: ai(/nw

English (LSJ)

aor. inf.

   A 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.)

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