ἅμαξα

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See also: αμαξά and άμαξα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Traditionally derived from a compound of ἅμα (háma, at once) + the ἄξ- (áx-) in ἄξων (áxōn, axle) + -ια (-ia, nominal suffix), literally "one-axler". Other theories include a relation to ἄγω (ágō, to lead, guide), as well as Tocharian B amäkṣpänte (wagonmaster).

Beekes rejects these theories (noting that a "one-axler" formation makes less sense than a "two-axler" formation) and considers the word Pre-Greek, based on a variant ἀβακλή (abaklḗ).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ (hámaxaf (genitive ᾰ̔μάξης); first declension

  1. wagon
    Synonym: ἀπήνη (apḗnē)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: άμαξα (ámaxa)
  • Latin: hamaxa

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἅμαξα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 81-2

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.