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ἄξων

Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄξων

Etym.: a)/gw

Sense

  1. an axle
  2. (geometry) an axis of a solid, of a cone
  3. of a conic section
  4. of a cylinder

Examples

  • τροχὸσ ἁμάξησ σπλάγχνα μωροῦ, καὶ ὡσ ἄξων στρεφόμενοσ ὁ διαλογισμὸσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 33:5)
  • "εἰ δὲ μὴ ψεύδονται οἱ περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντεσ, καὶ μοιχὸσ ἑάλω ποτέ, ὡσ ὁ ἄξων φησίν, ἄρθρα ἐν ἄρθροισ ἔχων. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 10:2)
  • ἥκω δὲ τὴν τάλαιναν ‐ οὐ γὰρ ἡδέωσ ὄνομα δάμαρτοσ ἥ ποτ’ ἦν ἐμὴ λέγω ‐ ἄξων· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode5)
  • πεπρωμένοσ γὰρ θεσφάτοισι Λοξίου δεῦρ’ ἦλθ’ Ὀρέστησ, τόν τ’ Ἐρινύων χόλον φεύγων ἀδελφῆσ τ’ Ἄργοσ ἐσπέμψων δέμασ ἄγαλμά θ’ ἱερὸν εἰσ ἐμὴν ἄξων χθόνα, τῶν νῦν παρόντων πημάτων ἀναψυχάσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 9:4)
  • αὖθισ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἐγέλασαν οἱ συμπόται, καὶ ὃσ ἀγανακτήσασ ἐπανίστατο δριμὺ καὶ παράφορον βλέπων καὶ δῆλοσ ἦν οὐκέτι εἰρήνην ἄξων. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 16:6)

Synonyms

  1. an axis of a solid

  2. of a cylinder

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