ἄημι
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Transliteration (Etymon)
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Quotation
ἄνεμος, […] Παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ Ν, ἄνεμος, ἢ παρὰ τὸ νέμω, τὸ μερίζω, νέμος, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ στερητικοῦ Α, ἄνεμος, ὃν οὐδεὶς δύναται μερίσαι
Translation (En)
Anemos "wind" : […] from aō "to blow", and through adjunction of [n], anemos. Or from nemō "to divide", *nemos, and with privative ἀ-, anemos, which nobody can divide
Parallels
Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, alpha 260 (ἀνέμοιο: ὄνομα προσηγορικὸν ἀπὸ ῥήματος. Ἀπολλόδωρος (FGrHist 244 F 233) παρὰ τὸ ἀνύειν. ὁ δὲ ποιητὴς παρὰ τὸ ἀεῖν· "ἀνέμων <διάη> μένος ὑγρὸν ἀέντων" (ε 478, τ 440) καὶ "ἦλθε δ’ ἐπὶ Νότος ὠκὺς ἀήμεναι"· ἀῶ οὖν ἄεμος καὶ ἐπενθέσει τοῦ ν ἄνεμος, <ὡς> ἀμείων ἀμείνων); Etym. Genuinum, alpha 838 (παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, ἄεμος, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ν ἄνεμος); Etym. Gudianum, alpha p. 140.
Comment
The etymology deriving ἄνεμος from ἄημι is founded in the physical nature of wind. This etymology was ascribed to Homer already, as Greek scholars interpreted the line τοὺς μὲν ἄρ’ οὔτ’ ἀνέμων διάη μένος ὑγρὸν ἀέντων (Od. 5.478) as an etymological figure (this is explicit in the Epimerismi Homerici, see Parallels). Formally, it implies the epenthesis of a consonant.