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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Apparently originally the masculine nominative plural of an otherwise unattested adjective ἄνεως (áneōs) (perhaps from ἀν- (an-) + αὔω (aúō, “to shout”)), and in some contexts still interpretable as such; but in other contexts it can only be an adverb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.ne.ɔːi̯/ → /ˈa.ne.o/ → /ˈa.ne.o/
Adverb
ἄνεῳ • (áneōi)
- silently, without speaking
Further reading
- “ἄνεῳ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄνεῳ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄνεῳ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄνεῳ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄνεῳ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press