ἄξων

From Proto-Hellenic *aksōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀒𐀰𐀚 (a-ko-so-ne), Sanskrit अक्ष (akṣa, “axle, axis, balance beam”) and Latin axis.

• αὔξων (aúxōn)

ἄξων • (áxōn) m (genitive ἄξονος); third declension

1. an axle
2. (geometry) an axis of a solid
   1. of a cone
   2. of a conic section
   3. of a cylinder
3. the axis of the celestial sphere
4. (figuratively) a course or path of action
5. (anatomy) C2, the axis (the second cervical vertebra)

• ἄξονες (áxones)

ἄξων • (áxōn) m (feminine ᾰ̓́ξουσᾰ, neuter ᾰ̓́ξον); first/third declension

1. future active participle of ἄγω (ágō)

• “ἄξων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄξων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄξων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄξων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄξων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄξων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • axle idem, page 57.