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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *lagjaz (English leg).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /láks/ → /laks/ → /laks/
Adverb
λάξ • (láx)
- with the foot, with the heel
Derived terms
Further reading
- “λάξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λάξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λάξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “λάξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press