ἀνεμώλιος

anemolios

windy

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4355
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5216
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20123
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21474
Odyssey 2
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4837
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11464

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνεμώλιος, ον, A. windy, Hom., but only metaph., ἀνεμώλια βάζειν talk words of wind, Il. 4.355, Od. 11.464; οἱ δʼ αὖτʼ 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 δʼ ὕδωρ πίνειν, ἀνεμώλιος the empty fool! AP 11.61 (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.)

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