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ἄντυξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄντυξ ἄντυγος

Structure: ἀντυγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. the edge or rim of anything round or curved
  2. the rim of the round
  3. the rail round the front of the chariot, the chariot-rail
  4. the chariot
  5. the frame of the lyre
  6. the orbit, disk

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἄντυξ ά̓́ντυγε ά̓́ντυγες
Genitive ά̓́ντυγος ἄντύγοιν ἄντύγων
Dative ά̓́ντυγι ἄντύγοιν ά̓́ντυξιν*
Accusative ά̓́ντυγα ά̓́ντυγε ά̓́ντυγας
Vocative ά̓ντυξ ά̓́ντυγε ά̓́ντυγες

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

  • φαίνετο μέν, φᾶροσ δὲ συνήγαγεν ἄντυγι μηρῶν, χρυσείῃ πλοκαμῖδασ ὑποσφίγξασα καλύπτρῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 16:1)
  • στρεφθεὶσ γὰρ μετόπισθεν ἐν ἀσπίδοσ ἄντυγι πάλτο, τὴν αὐτὸσ φορέεσκε ποδηνεκέ’ ἑρ́κοσ ἀκόντων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 62:24)

Synonyms

  1. the chariot

  2. the frame of the lyre

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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