Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

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

  • Φθιάδων δ’ ἵππων ποτ’ ἐπ’ ἄντυγα βαίη, δεσπότου πέρσαντοσ Ἀχαιὸν Ἄρη, τὰσ πόντιοσ Αἰακίδᾳ Πηλεῖ δίδωσι δαίμων. (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • ἐλθέ, φάνηθι, τὰν ζάχρυσον προβαλοῦ Πηλεί̈δα κατ’ ὄμμα πέλ‐ ταν δοχμίαν πεδαίρων σχιστὰν παρ’ ἄντυγα, πώλουσ ἐρεθί‐ ζων δίβολόν τ’ ἄκοντα πάλ‐ λων. (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • οἷσ παρεπάλλετο Πηλεί̈δασ σὺν ὅπλοισι παρ’ ἄντυγα καὶ σύ‐ ριγγασ ἁρματείουσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, mesode4)
  • χαῖρε Σελαναία λιπαρόχροε, χαίρετε δ’ ἄλλοι ἀστέρεσ, εὐκήλοιο κατ’ ἄντυγα Νυκτὸσ ὀπαδοί. (Theocritus, Idylls, 115)
  • ὁ δ’ ἐσ μέσον ἤλυθε Λυγκεύσ, σείων καρτερὸν ἔγχοσ ὑπ’ ἀσπίδοσ ἄντυγα πρώτην· (Theocritus, Idylls, 117)

Synonyms

  1. the chariot

  2. the frame of the lyre

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

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