COMPOUND: ἀπηνής, -ές
CATEGORIZATION: A [P+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘ungentle, rough, hard’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀπ-ό ‘from’ + noun root *ἆνος (Skr. *ānas- in ānana-) ‘face’ + adj. suf. -ής, -ές
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 340; XV, 94, 202; XXIII, 484, 611; Od. XIX, 329 (x2); XXIII, 97, 230.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., gen. m. sg., acc. m. sg., acc. n. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: uncertain etymology