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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-ih₂- (“grandmother”). Cognates include Latin anus (“old woman”), Old Armenian հան (han, “grandmother”) and Lithuanian anýta (“mother-in-law”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an.nís/ → /anˈnis/ → /aˈnis/
Noun
ἀννίς • (annís) f (genitive unknown (possibly ãννιοσ))
- (hapax) maternal or paternal grandmother.
Usage notes
Glossed by Hesychius as μητρὸς ἢ πατρὸς μήτηρ (mētròs ḕ patròs mḗtēr, “mother’s or father’s mother”).
Inflection
- ἄννιν sg (ánnin, acc.) (This could point to a genitive singular in ãννιοσ (ãnnios).)
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