ἀνεμ-ώλιος,ον,
A. windy,
Hom. , but only metaph.,ἀνεμώλια βάζεινtalkwords of wind,
Il. 4.355 , Od. 11.464 ;οἱ δ' αὖτ' ἀνεμώλιοιarelike the winds,i.e.empty boasters,
Il. 20.123 ;τί νυ τόξον ἔχεις ἀνεμώλιον αὔτως;why bear thy bowin vain?
21.474 ;δίκη ἀ.,of a trial, Maiist. 38 ; ἔπεσεν . . ἀνεμώλιον αὔτως
Theoc. 25.239
; εἶπε δ' ὕδωρ πίνειν, ἀνεμώλιος the empty fool!
AP 11.61
( Maced. );ἀ. ἀσπίδα θεῖναιmake itpowerless,i.e.harmless,
Orph. L. 512 .— Ep. and Ion. word, used by Luc. Astr. 2 . (Fromἄνεμος,with Aeol. ending-ώνιος,by dissimilation-ώλιος,
Eust. 1214.27 ; cf.μετα-μώνιος.)