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ἅμαξα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἅμαξα ἁμάξης

Structure: ἁμαξ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: a(/ma, a)/gw

Sense

  1. waggon

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἡ ἅμαξα εἰσῆλθεν εἰσ ἀγρὸν Ὠσηὲ τὸν ἐν Βαιθσαμύσ, καὶ ἔστησαν ἐκεῖ παῤ αὐτῇ λίθον μέγαν καὶ σχίζουσι τὰ ξύλα τῆσ ἁμάξησ καὶ τὰσ βόασ ἀνήνεγκαν εἰσ ὁλοκαύτωσιν τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 6:14)
  • διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ κυλίω ὑποκάτω ὑμῶν, ὃν τρόπον κυλίεται ἡ ἅμαξα ἡ γέμουσα καλάμησ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 2:13)
  • δὲ τὸ τῆσ παροιμίασ, ἡ ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν πολλάκισ ἐκφέρει. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 5:1)
  • ἔτι δὲ μικρὸσ ὢν ἔπαιζεν ἀστραγάλοισ ἐν τῷ στενωπῷ, τῆσ δὲ βολῆσ καθηκούσησ εἰσ αὐτὸν ἅμαξα φορτίων ἐπῄει. (Plutarch, , chapter 2 2:4)
  • καὶ στρατιά γε, ἔφην ἐγώ, ὦ γύναι, ἄτακτοσ μὲν οὖσα ταραχωδέστατον, καὶ τοῖσ μὲν πολεμίοισ εὐχειρωτότατον, τοῖσ δὲ φίλοισ ἀκλεέστατον ὁρᾶν καὶ ἀχρηστότατον, ὄνοσ ὁμοῦ, ὁπλίτησ, σκευοφόροσ, ψιλόσ, ἱππεύσ, ἅμαξα· (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 8 5:1)

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