ἄναιμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀν- (an-, negative prefix) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.nai̯.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.nɛ.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.nɛ.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ne.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ne.mos/
Adjective
ἄναιμος • (ánaimos) m or f (neuter ἄναιμον); second declension
- bloodless
- (of plants) pallid
- (figurative) unimportant
- shedding no blood
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ἄναιμος ánaimos |
ἄναιμον ánaimon |
ἀναίμω anaímō |
ἀναίμω anaímō |
ἄναιμοι ánaimoi |
ἄναιμᾰ ánaimă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀναίμου anaímou |
ἀναίμου anaímou |
ἀναίμοιν anaímoin |
ἀναίμοιν anaímoin |
ἀναίμων anaímōn |
ἀναίμων anaímōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀναίμῳ anaímōi |
ἀναίμῳ anaímōi |
ἀναίμοιν anaímoin |
ἀναίμοιν anaímoin |
ἀναίμοις anaímois |
ἀναίμοις anaímois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἄναιμον ánaimon |
ἄναιμον ánaimon |
ἀναίμω anaímō |
ἀναίμω anaímō |
ἀναίμους anaímous |
ἄναιμᾰ ánaimă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἄναιμε ánaime |
ἄναιμον ánaimon |
ἀναίμω anaímō |
ἀναίμω anaímō |
ἄναιμοι ánaimoi |
ἄναιμᾰ ánaimă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀναίμως anaímōs |
ἀναιμότερος anaimóteros |
ἀναιμότᾰτος anaimótătos | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
Further reading
- “ἄναιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press