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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

  • ὅτε δὲ μεταβαίην ἐπὶ τοὺσ Σκύθασ, πλανωμένουσ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαξῶν ἦν ἰδεῖν μικρὸν δ’ ἐγκλίνασ ^ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπὶ θάτερα τοὺσ Αἰγυπτίουσ γεωργοῦντασ ἐπέβλεπον, καὶ ὁ Φοῖνιξ ^ ἐνεπορεύετο καὶ ὁ Κίλιξ ἐλῄστευεν καὶ ὁ Λάκων ἐμαστιγοῦτο καὶ ὁ ’ Ἀθηναῖοσ ἐδικάζετο. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 16:10)
  • ἡμῖν τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ στρατοπέδου καὶ μέροσ τῶν ἁμαξῶν ἦν οὕτω γὰρ ἐσκηνώσαμεν τότε, οὐκ οἶδα ὅ τι δόξαν τοῖσ ἀρχιπλάνοισ ἡμῶν, ἐπ’ ἀμφοτέρασ τὰσ ὄχθασ τοῦ Τανάϊδοσ. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 38:3)
  • "ὥστε σὺ μὲν προελάσασ παραλάμβανε τὴν ἀρχήν, τεταραγμένοισ τοῖσ πράγμασιν ἐπιφανείσ, ἡ κόρη δέ σοι κατόπιν ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαξῶν ἑπέσθω· (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 50:3)
  • "ταῖσ μεταπεμψαμέναισ ἀρεσκευόμεναι κλίμακα κατεσκεύαζον ἐξ ἑαυτῶν οὕτωσ ὥστ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσ νώτοισ αὐτῶν τὴν ἀνάβασιν γίγνεσθαι καὶ τὴν κατάβασιν ταῖσ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαξῶν ὀχουμέναισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 67 2:12)
  • τὰσ δὲ κλίμακασ διαλυτὰσ οὔσασ ἐμβαλόντεσ εἰσ ἀχάνασ καὶ κατακαλύψαντεσ ἐφ’ ἁμαξῶν προαπέστειλαν. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 6 3:3)

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