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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

  • στολμοί τε λαίφουσ καὶ παραρρύσεισ νεώσ, καὶ πρῷρα πρόσθεν ὄμμασιν βλέπουσ’ ὁδόν, οἰάκοσ εὐθυντῆροσ ὑστάτου νεὼσ ἄγαν καλῶσ κλύουσα, τοῖσιν οὐ φίλη. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode5)
  • τούτων Αἐρόπην μὲν ἔγημε Πλεισθένησ καὶ παῖδασ Ἀγαμέμνονα καὶ Μενέλαον ἐτέκνωσε, Κλυμένην δὲ γαμεῖ Ναύπλιοσ, καὶ τέκνων πατὴρ γίνεται Οἰάκοσ καὶ Παλαμήδουσ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 2 2:2)
  • ἡμᾶσ γε μὲν δὴ ναῦν τ’ ἀκήρατον σκάφοσ ἤτοι τισ ἐξέκλεψεν ἢ ’ξῃτήσατο θεόσ τισ, οὐκ ἄνθρωποσ, οἰάκοσ θιγών. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 5:11)
  • δὴ καὶ τὸ γήινον ἤδη πᾶν ἀνήλωτο γένοσ, πάσασ ἑκάστησ τῆσ ψυχῆσ τὰσ γενέσεισ ἀποδεδωκυίασ, ὅσα ἦν ἑκάστῃ προσταχθὲν τοσαῦτα εἰσ γῆν σπέρματα πεσούσησ, τότε δὴ τοῦ παντὸσ ὁ μὲν κυβερνήτησ, οἱο͂ν πηδαλίων οἰάκοσ ἀφέμενοσ, εἰσ τὴν αὑτοῦ περιωπὴν ἀπέστη, τὸν δὲ δὴ κόσμον πάλιν ἀνέστρεφεν εἱμαρμένη τε καὶ σύμφυτοσ ἐπιθυμία. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 95:1)

Synonyms

  1. tiller

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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