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ἄνασσα

ἄνασσα, a queen, lady, mistress

ἄνασσα (ϝάνασσα Inscr.Cypr. 101 H., al.), ἡ, fem. of ἄναξ,
  • queen, lady, addressed to goddesses, Od. 3.380, 6.175; esp. in Att. to Athena, A. Eu. 228, 235, 443, etc.
      • 2 to a mortal, Od. 6.149, etc.—Common in Poetry from Pi. downwds.; rare in Prose, as Isoc. 9.72, Arist. Fr. 526: c. dat., ἐνέροισιν A.R. 3.862.
      • 3 generally, like ἄναξ IV, ἄνασσα πράγους καὶ βουλεύματος authoress of this deed, E. Fr. 704; ὀργίων Ar. Ra. 387.
    • II as Adj., royal, ἀ. βουλή, of the Roman Senate, IG 14.1389i34.

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