ἄημι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄω (áō)

Etymology

From earlier ἄϝημι (áwēmi), from Proto-Hellenic *awēmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti, from the root *h₂weh₁- (“to blow; wind”). Cognates include Old English and English wind, Latin ventus, vannus, Sanskrit वाति (vāti, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɛː.mi/ → /ˈa.i.mi/ → /ˈa.i.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɛː.mi/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.e̝.mi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.i.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.i.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.i.mi/

Verb

ἄημι • (áēmi)

1. to breathe, blow
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Fragments 178A
   • 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.81
   • 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.688
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Fr. 245
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles 8
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 869
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.526
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.5
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.386
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.176
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.131
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.440
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Ode 4.9
   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Demeter 276

Inflection

   Present: ᾰ̓́ημῐ (poetic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ᾰ̓́ημῐ		ᾰ̓́ησῐ(ν)	ᾰ̓́ητον	ᾰ̓́ητον			ᾰ̓́εισῐ(ν)
	subjunctive
	optative
	imperative			ᾰ̓ήτω
middle/ passive	indicative			ᾰ̓́ηται
	subjunctive
	optative
	imperative
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ᾰ̓ῆναι
participle	m	ᾰ̓είς				ᾰ̓ήμενος
	f	ᾰ̓εῖσᾰ				ᾰ̓ημένη
	n	ᾰ̓έν				ᾰ̓ήμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: (poetic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative			ᾰ̓́η
middle/ passive	indicative			ᾰ̓́ητο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀκρᾱής (akrāḗs)
• ἀλιᾱής (aliāḗs)
• δῐάημῐ (dĭáēmĭ)
• δῠσᾱής (dŭsāḗs)
• εὐᾱής (euāḗs)
• ζᾱής (zāḗs)
• πολῠᾱής (polŭāḗs)
• ὑπερᾱής (huperāḗs)

Related terms

• ἄελλᾰ (áellă)
• ἄημᾰ (áēmă)
• ἄησῐς (áēsĭs)
• ἀήσῠρος (aḗsŭros)
• ἀητέομαι (aētéomai)
• ἀήτη (aḗtē)
• ἀήτης (aḗtēs)
• ἀΐσθω (aḯsthō)
• ἀϋτμή (aütmḗ)

References

• “ἄημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄημι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄημι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄημι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄημι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄημι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Encyclopedia Papyrus-Larousse (1963)