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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyHseh₂ (“shaft”) or similar. Cognates include Sanskrit ईषा (īṣā́) and Hittite 𒄭𒅖𒊭𒀭 (ḫi-iš-ša-an).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒi̯.aːks/ → /ˈy.aks/ → /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
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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.
- 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