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οἴαξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἴαξ οἴακος

Structure: οἰακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. tiller, the handle of the rudder
  2. helm
  3. rings of a yoke, through which cords for guiding oxen

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

  • ἦσαν δέ τινεσ οἱ τοὺσ Διοσκούρουσ ἐπὶ τῆσ Λυσάνδρου νεὼσ ἑκατέρωθεν, ὅτε τοῦ λιμένοσ ἐξέπλει πρῶτον ἐπὶ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, ἄστρα τοῖσ οἰάξιν ἐπιλάμψαι λέγοντεσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 12 1:1)
  • ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ θεραπαινίδεσ αἱ καλλιστεύουσαι Νηρηΐδων ἔχουσαι καὶ Χαρίτων στολάσ, αἱ μὲν πρὸσ οἰάξιν, αἱ δὲ πρὸσ κάλοισ ἦσαν. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 26 2:2)
  • καὶ ἄλογον καὶ ἀκυβέρνητον αἰωρεῖται τῷ αὐτομάτῳ τὸ πᾶν, οὔθ’ εἷσ ἐστιν ὁ κρατῶν καὶ κατευθύνων ὥσπερ οἰάξιν ἤ τισι πειθηνίοισ χαλινοῖσ λόγοσ, ἀλλὰ πολλὰ καὶ μεμιγμένα κακοῖσ καὶ ἀγαθοῖσ· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 45 6:1)
  • διὰ γὰρ τὸ μέγεθοσ τῶν κυμάτων τὰ μὲν σκάφη τοῖσ οἰάξιν ἠπείθει, τὰσ δ’ ἐμβολὰσ ἀπράκτουσ συνέβαινε γίνεσθαι, τῶν τυπτομένων νεῶν ὑποχωρουσῶν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 46 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. tiller

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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