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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

  • πῶσ δ’ αὖ γεφύρασ διαβαλοῦσ’ ἱππηλάται, ἢν ἆρα μὴ θραύσαντεσ ἀντύγων χνόασ; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:20)
  • οὔκ, ἀλλὰ δεσμὰ πωλικῶν ἐξ ἀντύγων κλάζει σιδήρου· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode3)
  • ἔθνῃσκον ἐξέπιπτον ἀντύγων ἄπο, τροχοί τ’ ἐπήδων ἄξονέσ τ’ ἐπ’ ἄξοσι, νεκροὶ δὲ νεκροῖσ ἐξεσωρεύονθ’ ὁμοῦ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 12:4)
  • Ἕκτωρ μέν, ᾧ δὴ τοῦδ’ ἐδωρήθη πάρα, ζωστῆρι πρισθεὶσ ἱππικῶν ἐξ ἀντύγων ἐκνάπτετ’ αἰέν, ἔστ’ ἀπέψυξεν βίον· (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:24)
  • ἔθραυσε δ’ ἄξονοσ μέσασ χνόασ κἀξ ἀντύγων ὤλισθεν· (Sophocles, episode 7:6)

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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