ἄμαξα
ἄμαξα [ᾰ], Att.
ἅμαξα,
ἡ, (v.
ἄξων) prop.
A). frame-work, 'châssis' of a four-wheeled wagon (
ἀπήνη), opp.
πείρινς (body),
Il. 24.263s qq., cf.
Od. 6.37 , al.:—also, of the whole
wagon, ib.
260 , cf.
Hes. Op. 453 ,
Hdt. 1.31 ,
Th. 1.93 , etc.; of the
wagons of the Scythians,
Hdt. 4.114 ,
121 ;
βοῦς ὑφ’ ἁμάξης draught-oxen,
X. An. 6.4.22 ,
25 .
3). prov.,
ἡ ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν (sc.
ἕλκει) 'the cart before the horse',
Luc. DMort. 6.2 ;
ἐξἁμάξης ὑβρίζειν, of abusive ribaldry, such as was allowed to the women as they were taken
in wagons to the Eleusinian mysteries, Sch.
D. 18.122 , cf.
Ar. Pl. 1014 ,
Men. 396 ;
βοᾶς .. ὥσπερ ἐξ ἁμάξης D.l.c.
V). = ἁμαξιτός , AP 7.479 ( Theodorid.).
ShortDef
a wagon
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Headword (normalized):
ἄμαξα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αμαξα
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄμαξα</span> <span class="pron greek">[ᾰ]</span>, Att. <span class="orth greek">ἅμαξα</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, (v. <span class="foreign greek">ἄξων</span>) prop. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">frame-work, \'châssis\'</span> of a four-wheeled wagon (<span class="etym greek">ἀπήνη</span>), opp. <span class="foreign greek">πείρινς</span> (body), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:263s" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.263s/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.263s </a>qq., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 6.37 </a>, al.:—also, of the whole <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wagon,</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:260" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:260/canonical-url/"> 260 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:453" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:453/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 453 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.31 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.93 </a>, etc.; of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wagons</span> of the Scythians, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.114/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.114 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:121/canonical-url/"> 121 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">βοῦς ὑφ’ ἁμάξης</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">draught</span>-oxen, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:4:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:4:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 6.4.22 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> 25 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. gen., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wagon-load,</span> <span class="foreign greek">πετρῶν, σίτου,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:7:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:7:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 4.7.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.4.18 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐλλεβόρου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:299b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:299b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 299b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τρισσῶν ἁμαξῶν βάρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:385" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:385/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 385 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:473" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:473/canonical-url/"> 473 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> prov., <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἕλκει</span>) \'the cart before the horse\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg066:6:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg066:6.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMort.</span> 6.2 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐξἁμάξης ὑβρίζειν,</span> of abusive ribaldry, such as was allowed to the women as they were taken <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in wagons</span> to the Eleusinian mysteries, Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.122 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1014" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1014/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 1014 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:396" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:396/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 396 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">βοᾶς .. ὥσπερ ἐξ ἁμάξης</span> D.l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">carriage of a plough,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:426" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:426/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 426 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:453" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:453/canonical-url/"> 453 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">Ἄρκτος</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the Great Bear,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:487" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.487/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.487 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:273" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.273/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.273 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1.119/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Iamb.</span> 1.119 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> metaph., of a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ship,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:451B" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:451B/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 451B. </a> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἁμαξιτός</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.479 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theodorid.</span></span>).</div> </div><br><br>'}