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ὑπηνέμ-ιος , ον, (ἄνεμος)
A.lifted or wafted by the wind,ὑπα_νέμιοι φορέονταιTheoc.5.115; . τανύοιτο, of the Sun, Arat.839.
2. swift as the wind, Plu.Sert.12.
II. full of wind, . ᾠὰ wind-eggs, which produce no chickens, Ar.Fr.186, Pl.Com.19 (ἀνεμιαῖον ᾠόν was considered better Att., Moer.p.73 P.); of eggs laid by hens without impregnation, Arist.HA559b24; so “κυήματα .Id.GA749b1; in Ar. Av.695 (anap.), . ᾠόν is the egg produced by Night alone, without impregnation; and Luc.Sacr.6 calls Hephaestus the . παῖς of Hera; “λοχεῖαι καὶ ὠδῖνεςPlu.2.38e (s. v.l.): hence
2. metaph., empty, idle, ὄνειροι ib.735e, cf. Luc.Harm.4; “πλοῦτοςId.Gall.12.
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