ἀννίς

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.nís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈnis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈnis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈnis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /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).)

Further reading

“ἀννίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀννίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Hesychius' Lexicon: α

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