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

 

Noun

ἀννίς • (annís) f (genitive unknown (possibly ãννιοσ))

  1. (hapax legomenon) 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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