ἅμαξα
See also: αμαξά and άμαξα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄμαξα (ámaxa)
Etymology
Possibly from ἅμα (háma) and ἄξων (áxōn) or ἄγω (ágō). But compare the possible cognate Tocharian B amäkṣpänte (“wagonmaster”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /há.mak.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)a.mak.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.mak.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.mak.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.mak.sa/
Noun
ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ • (hámaxa) f (genitive ᾰ̔μάξης); first declension
- wagon
- Synonym: ἀπήνη (apḗnē)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̔μάξης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ hē hámaxa | τὼ ᾰ̔μάξᾱ tṑ hamáxā | αἱ ᾰ̔́μαξαι hai hámaxai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̔μάξης tês hamáxēs | τοῖν ᾰ̔μάξαιν toîn hamáxain | τῶν ᾰ̔μαξῶν tôn hamaxôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̔μάξῃ têi hamáxēi | τοῖν ᾰ̔μάξαιν toîn hamáxain | ταῖς ᾰ̔μάξαις taîs hamáxais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̔́μαξᾰν tḕn hámaxan | τὼ ᾰ̔μάξᾱ tṑ hamáxā | τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̔μάξᾱς tā̀s hamáxās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ hámaxa | ᾰ̔μάξᾱ hamáxā | ᾰ̔́μαξαι hámaxai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἁρμάμαξα (harmámaxa)
Descendants
- Greek: άμαξα (ámaxa)
- Latin: hamaxa
Further reading
- “ἅμαξα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- carriage idem, page 115.
- cart idem, page 115.
- tumbrel idem, page 900.
- van idem, page 943.
- waggon idem, page 959.