ἄξος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. If it is related to synonymous ἀγμός (agmós, “fracture; cliff”), perhaps from the same stem as ἄγνυμι (ágnumi, “to break, shatter”), as already implied by Stephanus of Byzantium.
Pronunciation edit
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈak.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈak.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈak.sos/
Noun edit
ἄξος • (áxos) m (genitive ἄξου); second declension
Usage notes edit
- Invoked by Stephanus of Byzantium to explain the place-name Ὀαξός (Oaxós):
- c. 6th century CE, Stephanus Byzantius, Ethnica :
- Τινὲς δὲ διὰ τὸ καταγῆναι τὸν τόπον καὶ κρημνώδη ὑπάρχειν· καλοῦσι γὰρ τοὺς τοιούτος τόπους ἄξους καθάπερ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀγμούς
- Tinès dè dià tò katagênai tòn tópon kaì krēmnṓdē hupárkhein; kaloûsi gàr toùs toioútos tópous áxous katháper kaì hēmeîs agmoús
- Some [say] that because of "breaking" the place is now percipitous: for they call such places "áxous", just like we [call them] "agmoús".
- Τινὲς δὲ διὰ τὸ καταγῆναι τὸν τόπον καὶ κρημνώδη ὑπάρχειν· καλοῦσι γὰρ τοὺς τοιούτος τόπους ἄξους καθάπερ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀγμούς
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓́ξος ho áxos |
τὼ ᾰ̓́ξω tṑ áxō |
οἱ ᾰ̓́ξοι hoi áxoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́ξου toû áxou |
τοῖν ᾰ̓́ξοιν toîn áxoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓́ξων tôn áxōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́ξῳ tôi áxōi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓́ξοιν toîn áxoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓́ξοις toîs áxois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓́ξον tòn áxon |
τὼ ᾰ̓́ξω tṑ áxō |
τοὺς ᾰ̓́ξους toùs áxous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́ξε áxe |
ᾰ̓́ξω áxō |
ᾰ̓́ξοι áxoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “ἄξος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄξος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄξος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Ancient Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Witczak (1995) connects it with Ancient Greek ὀξύα (oxúa, “beech”), for which he reconstructs (the equivalent of) Proto-Indo-European *h₂óḱsu-.[1]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
ἄξος (áxos)
Usage notes edit
- Only attested as a hapax in Hesychius:
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον Α:
- ἄξος· ὕλη, παρὰ Μακεδόσιν
- áxos; húlē, parà Makedósin
- áxos: wood, among the Macedonians
- ἄξος· ὕλη, παρὰ Μακεδόσιν
References edit
- ^ Witczak, Krzysztof T. (1995) “Two Macedonian Glosses in Hesychius’ "Lexicon"”, in Collectanea Philologica, volume 1, , pages 85-90
Further reading edit
- Hesychius' Lexicon: α
- “ἄξος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄξος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)