ἄνασσα
anassa
queen, lady
Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄνασσα (ϝάνασσα Inscr.Cypr. 101 H., al.), ἡ, fem. of ἄναξ, A. queen, lady, addressed to goddesses, Od. 3.380, 6.175; esp. in Att.to Athena, Eu. 228,235,443, etc. 2. to a mortal, Od. 6.149, etc.—Common in Poetry from downwds.; rare in Prose, as 9.72, Fr. 526: c. dat., ἐνέροισιν 3.862. 3. generally, like ἄναξ IV, ἄνασσα πράγους καὶ βουλεύματος authoress of this deed, Fr. 704; ὀργίων Ra. 387. II. as Adj., royal, ἀ. βουλή, of the Roman Senate, IG 14.1389i34.
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