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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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ γαίασ ἦμεν οὔτ’ ἄγαν πρόσω οὔτ’ ἐγγύσ, οὕτωσ ἤρετ’ οἰάκων φύλαξ· (Euripides, Helen, episode 5:1)
  • ἐπ’ οἰάκων δὲ βὰσ ἄνακτ’ ἐσ Ἑλλάδ’ εἶπεν εὐθύνειν δόρυ. (Euripides, Helen, episode 6:8)
  • "ἔπειτα σωφροσύνη πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ, ἧσ μάλιστα δεῖται γάμοσ, ἡ μὲν ἔξωθεν καὶ νόμων πλέον ἔχουσα τοῦ ἑκουσίου τὸ βεβιασμένον ὑπ’ αἰσχύνησ καὶ φόβων, πολλῶν χαλινῶν ἔργον οἰάκων θ’ ἅμα, διὰ χειρόσ ἐστιν ἀεὶ τοῖσ συνοῦσιν Ἔρωτι δ’ ἐγκρατείασ τοσοῦτον καὶ κόσμου καὶ πίστεωσ μέτεστιν, ὥστε, κἂν ἀκολάστου ποτὲ θίγῃ ψυχῆσ, ἀπέστρεψε τῶν ἄλλων ἐραστῶν, ἐκκόψασ δὲ τὸ θράσοσ καὶ κατακλάσασ τὸ σοβαρὸν καὶ ἀνάγωγον, ἐμβαλὼν αἰδῶ καὶ σιωπὴν καὶ ἡσυχίαν καὶ σχῆμα περιθεὶσ κόσμιον, ἑνὸσ ἐπήκοον ἐποίησεν. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 2122)
  • καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸσ οὐ κεκλιμένησ μὲν ἤδη τῆσ πατρίδοσ, ὥσπερ ὁ Φωκίων, πολὺν δὲ χειμῶνα καὶ σάλον ἐχούσησ, ὅσον ἱστίων καὶ κάλων ἐπιλαβέσθαι καὶ παραστῆναι τοῖσ πλέον δυναμένοισ πολιτευσάμενοσ, οἰάκων δὲ καὶ κυβερνήσεωσ ἀπωσθείσ, ὅμωσ μέγαν ἀγῶνα τῇ τύχῃ περιέστησεν. (Plutarch, chapter 3 3:1)
  • ἀλλ’ εἴπερ ἐμοὶ σαφὴσ ὁ διδάσκαλοσ, εἰκὸσ δὲ παντὸσ μᾶλλον, ἐν ὅτῳ δὲ ταῦτ’ ἐδίδαξε τρόπῳ καὶ ὅπωσ ἐν τοῖσ ἱεροῖσ λόγοισ εἴρηται, οὗτόσ ἐσθ’ ὁ τὸ πᾶν ἄγων καὶ νέμων σωτὴρ τῶν ὅλων καὶ φύλαξ τῶν ἀθανάτων, εἰ δὲ θέλεισ τραγικώτερον εἰπεῖν, ἔφοροσ οἰάκων, σώζων τά τε ὄντα ἀεὶ καὶ τὰ γιγνόμενα. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:7)
  • Οἰάξ, τὸ Τροίασ μῖσοσ ἀναφέρων πατρί. (Euripides, episode, iambic 4:6)
  • ἑρ́πε νυν οἰάξ ποδόσ μοι. (Euripides, episode, trochees 2:19)
  • τῶν δ’ ὀργάνων τὰ μὲν ἄψυχα τὰ δὲ ἔμψυχα οἱο͂ν τῷ κυβερνήτῃ ὁ μὲν οἰάξ ἄψυχον ὁ δὲ πρῳρεὺσ ἔμψυχον· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 1 37:2)

Synonyms

  1. tiller

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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