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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

  • δύναιτ’ ἂν ὀρθῶσ νέοσ ἀναγνοὺσ βίβλον ἢ σχολὴν περὶ πολιτείασ ἐν Λυκείῳ γραψάμενοσ, ἂν μὴ παρ’ ἡνίαν καὶ παρ’ οἰάκα πολλάκισ στάσ, δημαγωγῶν καὶ στρατηγῶν ἀγωνιζομένων ἐμπειρίαισ ἅμα καὶ τύχαισ συναποκλίνων ἐπ’ ἀμφότερα, μετὰ κινδύνων καὶ πραγμάτων λάβῃ τὴν μάθησιν; (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 12 4:1)
  • οὕτω δὲ συντετριμμένοισ τοῖσ Ἀχαιοῖσ ὁ μὲν Ἄρατοσ, εἰωθὼσ παρ’ ἐνιαυτὸν ἀεὶ στρατηγεῖν, ἀπείπατο τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ παρῃτήσατο καλούντων καὶ δεομένων οὐ καλῶσ, οἱο͂ν ἐν χειμῶνι πραγμάτων μείζονι, μεθεὶσ ἑτέρῳ τὸν οἰάκα καὶ προέμενοσ τὴν ἐξουσίαν. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 15 1:1)
  • τοῦτ’ ἰδὼν κυβερνήτησ εὔχεται μὲν ὑπεκφυγεῖν καὶ θεοὺσ ἐπικαλεῖται σωτῆρασ, εὐχόμενοσ δὲ τὸν οἰάκα προσάγει, τὴν κεραίαν ὑφίησι, φεύγει μέγα λαῖφοσ ὑποστολίσασ ἐρεβώδεοσ ἐκ θαλάσσησ. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 8 11:1)
  • "τὸν γὰρ οἰάκα στρέφει δαίμων ἑκάστῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:25)
  • Κάδμου πολῖται, χρὴ λέγειν τὰ καίρια ὅστισ φυλάσσει πρᾶγοσ ἐν πρύμνῃ πόλεωσ οἰάκα νωμῶν, βλέφαρα μὴ κοιμῶν ὕπνῳ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. tiller

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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