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ὑπηνέμ-ιος

upenemios

lifted, wafted by the wind, swift as the wind

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ὑπηνέμ-ιος · hypēnem-ios — LSJ

lifted, wafted by the wind

lifted or wafted by the wind, ὑπᾱνέμιοι φορέονται Theoc. 5.115; ὑ. τανύοιτο, of the Sun, Arat. 839.

2 swift as the wind

swift as the wind, Plu. Sert. 12.

II full of wind, wind, alone

full of wind, ὑ. ᾠὰ wind-eggs, which produce no chickens, Ar. Fr. 186, Pl.Com. 19 (ἀνεμιαῖον ᾠόν was considered better Att., Moer. p.73P.); of eggs laid by hens without impregnation, Arist. HA 559b24; so κυήματα ὑ. Id. GA 749b1; in Ar. Av. 695 (anap.), ὑ. ᾠόν is the egg produced by Night alone, without impregnation; and Luc. Sacr. 6 calls Hephaestus the ὑ. παῖς of Hera; λοχεῖαι καὶ ὠδῖνες Plu. Aud. 2.38e (s. v.l.): hence

2 empty, idle

metaph., empty, idle, ὄνειροι ib. QConv. 735e, cf. Luc. Harm. 4; πλοῦτος Id. Gall. 12.

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