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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

  • ἕπεται γὰρ αὐτῷ τὸ κῆτοσ, ὥσπερ οἰάκι ναῦσ, παραγόμενον εὐπειθῶσ. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 31 8:1)
  • τισ, ὡσ τὸν κυβερνήτην ἄγειν τὸ πλοῖον οὐ τὸ πηδάλιον, καὶ τὸν ἱππέα στρέφειν τὸν ἵππον οὐ τὸν χαλινόν, οὕτω πόλιν πείθειν οὐ λόγῳ, ἀλλὰ τρόπῳ χρωμένην ὥσπερ οἰάκι καὶ χαλινῷ τὴν πολιτικὴν ἀρετήν, ὅπερ εὐστροφώτατον ζῷον, ὥσ φησι Πλάτων, οἱο͂ν ἐκ πρύμνησ ἁπτομένην καὶ κατευθύνουσαν. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 5 2:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἂν ὀρθὸν ἔχοι λόγον θεοὺσ ἀγνοεῖν τὰ πρέποντα ἑκάστοισ αὑτῶν, οὐδ’ αὖ γιγνώσκοντασ τὸ μᾶλλον ἄλλοισ προσῆκον τοῦτο ἑτέρουσ αὑτοῖσ δι’ ἐρίδων ἐπιχειρεῖν κτᾶσθαι ‐ δίκησ δὴ κλήροισ τὸ φίλον λαγχάνοντεσ κατῴκιζον τὰσ χώρασ, καὶ κατοικίσαντεσ, οἱο͂ν νομῆσ ποίμνια, κτήματα καὶ θρέμματα ἑαυτῶν ἡμᾶσ ἔτρεφον, πλὴν οὐ σώμασι σώματα βιαζόμενοι, καθάπερ ποιμένεσ κτήνη πληγῇ νέμοντεσ, ἀλλ’ ᾗ μάλιστα εὔστροφον ζῷον, ἐκ πρύμνησ ἀπευθύνοντεσ, οἱο͂ν οἰάκι πειθοῖ ψυχῆσ ἐφαπτόμενοι κατὰ τὴν αὐτῶν διάνοιαν, οὕτωσ ἄγοντεσ τὸ θνητὸν πᾶν ἐκυβέρνων. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 21:2)

Synonyms

  1. tiller

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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