ἄνεμος
Etym. Root ΑΝ, cf. ἄημι
"wind", Hom., etc.; ἀνέμου κατιόντος "a squall" having come on, Thuc.; ἄν. κατὰ βορέαν ἑστηκώς "the wind" being settled in the north, id=Thuc.; ἀνέμοις φέρεσθαι παραδοῦναί τι to cast a thing "to the winds", Lat. ventis tradere, Eur.:—Hom. and Hes. mention only four winds, Boreas, Eurus, Notus (or Argestes), Zephyrus; Arist. gives twelve, which served as points of the compass.