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

 

• IPA^(key): /an.nís/ → /anˈnis/ → /aˈnis/

• (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))

1. (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