ἀναίμων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀν- (an-) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -μων (-mōn). Compare ἀναίμονος (anaímonos).
Adjective
ᾰ̓ναίμων • (anaímōn) m or f (neuter ἄναιμον); third declension
- (Epic, of the gods) bloodless
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.342:
- οὐ γὰρ σῖτον ἔδουσ’, οὐ πῑ́νουσ’ αἴθοπα οἶνον,
τοὔνεκ’ ἀναίμονές εἰσι καὶ ᾱ̓θάνατοι καλέονται.- ou gàr sîton édous’, ou pī́nous’ aíthopa oînon,
toúnek’ anaímonés eisi kaì āthánatoi kaléontai.
- ou gàr sîton édous’, ou pī́nous’ aíthopa oînon,
- οὐ γὰρ σῖτον ἔδουσ’, οὐ πῑ́νουσ’ αἴθοπα οἶνον,
Declension
Third declension of ἀναίμων; ἄναιμον (Attic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἀναίμων anaímōn | ἄναιμον ánaimon | ἀναίμονε anaímone | ἀναίμονε anaímone | ἀναίμονες anaímones | ἀναίμονᾰ anaímona | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀναίμονος anaímonos | ἀναίμονος anaímonos | ἀναιμόνοιν anaimónoin | ἀναιμόνοιν anaimónoin | ἀναιμόνων anaimónōn | ἀναιμόνων anaimónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀναίμονῐ anaímoni | ἀναίμονῐ anaímoni | ἀναιμόνοιν anaimónoin | ἀναιμόνοιν anaimónoin | ἀναίμοσῐ / ἀναίμοσῐν anaímosi(n) | ἀναίμοσῐ / ἀναίμοσῐν anaímosi(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἀναίμονᾰ anaímona | ἄναιμον ánaimon | ἀναίμονε anaímone | ἀναίμονε anaímone | ἀναίμονᾰς anaímonas | ἀναίμονᾰ anaímona | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἄναιμον ánaimon | ἄναιμον ánaimon | ἀναίμονε anaímone | ἀναίμονε anaímone | ἀναίμονες anaímones | ἀναίμονᾰ anaímona | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀναιμόνως anaimónōs | ἀναιμονέστερος anaimonésteros | ἀναιμονέστᾰτος anaimonéstatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- “ἀναίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀναίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀναίμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀναίμων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963