hamaxostichus
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Latin
Etymology
Coined in the 20th century from Ancient Greek ἅμαξα (hámaxa, “wagon”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “a row or file (of soldiers)”, “a line (of poetry)”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ha.makˈsos.ti.kʰus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.makˈsos.ti.kus/,
Noun
hamaxostichus m (genitive hamaxostichī); second declension
- (New Latin) a train
- 1994, Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, Latinitas, page 318:
- Die II mensis Novembris ad oppidum Duranka, haud procul ab urbe Lycopoli ( Asyut vel Assiut) in Superiore Aegypto positum, hamaxostichus, benzini exceptoria vehens, exorbitavit, quod via ferrata, magnis pluviis mollita, consederat.
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- 1996, George Capellanus with Peter Needham, Latin Can Be Fun, →ISBN, page 83:
- nonne hamaxostichus Birminghamiensis advenit?
- Did the Birmingham train not arrive?
- 1999, Michael Bond, Ursus nomine Paddington [A Bear by the Name of Paddington], page 83:
- dum loquitur ululatu machinae vectoriae iuxta crepidinem instructae sublato hamaxostichus movebatur.
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Declension
Second-declension noun.