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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)
  • τροχὸσ ἁμάξησ σπλάγχνα μωροῦ, καὶ ὡσ ἄξων στρεφόμενοσ ὁ διαλογισμὸσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 33:5)
  • οὐ γὰρ μετὰ σκληρότητοσ καθαίρεται τὸ μελάνθιον, οὐδὲ τροχὸσ ἁμάξησ περιάξει ἐπὶ τὸν κύμινον, ἀλλὰ ράβδῳ τινάσσεται τὸ μελάνθιον, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 28:27)
  • ἰδοὺ ἐποίησά σε ὡσ τροχοὺσ ἁμάξησ ἁλοῶντασ καινοὺσ πριστηροειδεῖσ, καὶ ἁλοήσεισ ὄρη καὶ λεπτυνεῖσ βουνοὺσ καὶ ὡσ χνοῦν θήσεισ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 41:15)
  • ὥσπερ ὁ Ξενοφῶν ἐκεῖνοσ ἐν Κάλπησ λιμένι ὑφ̓ ἁμάξησ βοῦν λαβὼν δἰ ἀπορίαν ἱερείων, ἀλλὰ τῶν Τραπεζουντίων αὐτῶν παρασκευασάντων ἱερεῖον οὐκ ἀγεννέσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 2 4:1)

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