ἄνασσα(
A.
ϝάνασσα
Inscr.Cypr. 101
H., al.),ἡ, fem. ofἄναξ, queen, lady,addressed to goddesses, Od. 3.380 , 6.175 ; esp. in Att. to Athena, A. Eu. 228 , 235 , 443 , etc.
2. to a mortal, Od. 6.149 , etc.—Common in Poetry from Pi. downwds.; rare in Prose, as Isoc. 9.72 , Arist. Fr. 526 : c. dat., ἐνέροισιν
A.R. 3.862
.
3. generally, like ἄναξ IV,ἄνασσα πράγους καὶ βουλεύματος authoressof this deed, E. Fr. 704 ; ὀργίων
Ar. Ra. 387
.
II. asAdj.,royal, ἀ. βουλή,of the Roman Senate, IG 14.1389i34 .