οἴαξ
See also: Οἴαξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- οἴηξ (oíēx) – Ionic
- οἰήϊον (oiḗïon) – Epic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂iHseh₂ (“shaft”). Cognates include Sanskrit ईषा (īṣā́) and Hittite 𒄭𒅖𒊭𒀭 (ḫi-iš-ša-an).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǒi̯.aːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈy.aks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈy.aks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈy.aks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.aks/
Noun
οἴᾱξ • (oíāx) m (genitive οἴᾱκος); third declension
- tiller, the handle of the rudder
- helm
- rings of a yoke, through which cords for guiding oxen
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ οἴᾱξ; τοῦ οἴᾱκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ οἴᾱξ ho oíāx | τὼ οἴᾱκε tṑ oíāke | οἱ οἴᾱκες hoi oíākes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ οἴᾱκος toû oíākos | τοῖν οἰᾱ́κοιν toîn oiā́koin | τῶν οἰᾱ́κων tôn oiā́kōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ οἴᾱκῐ tôi oíāki | τοῖν οἰᾱ́κοιν toîn oiā́koin | τοῖς οἴᾱξῐ / οἴᾱξῐν toîs oíāxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν οἴᾱκᾰ tòn oíāka | τὼ οἴᾱκε tṑ oíāke | τοὺς οἴᾱκᾰς toùs oíākas | ||||||||||
Vocative | οἴᾱξ oíāx | οἴᾱκε oíāke | οἴᾱκες oíākes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- οἰακηδόν (oiakēdón)
- οἰακίζω (oiakízō)
- οἰάκιον (oiákion)
- οἰάκισμα (oiákisma)
- οἰακιστής (oiakistḗs)
- οἰακονομέω (oiakonoméō)
- οἰακονόμος (oiakonómos)
- οἰακοστροφέω (oiakostrophéō)
- οἰακοστρόφος (oiakostróphos)
- οἰάκωσις (oiákōsis)
Descendants
- → Catalan: arjau (via Mediaeval Latin)
- Greek: οίακας (oíakas)
References
- “οἴαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “οἴαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- οἴαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- helm idem, page 395.
- oeax idem, page 569.
- rudder idem, page 724.
- tiller idem, page 875.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN