ἄναξ -ακτος, ὁ (ϝ)άναξ Voc. (besides ἄναξ) ἄνα Il. 3.351, Il. 16.233: Od. 17.354. Dat. pl. ἀνάκτεσι Od. 15.557. 1 A king (the main notion being app. that of a protecting chief rather than that of a ruler; cf. the name Ἀστυάναξ Il. 6.403, and the reason for it there given. But βουληφόρος ἀ. occurs Il. 12.414). a ἀ. ἀνδρῶν (app. much like ποιμὴν λαῶν) applied to Agamemnon, gen. as a title, but sometimes as a descriptive term Il. 1.7, 172, 442, 506, Il. 2.402, 434, etc.: Od. 8.77, Od. 11.397 = Od. 24.121. Sim.: πολλῶν λαῶν ἀ. Il. 9.98. So ἀ. alone Il. 2.284, 360, Il. 9.33.–ἀ. ἀνδρῶν applied also to Anchises Il. 5.268. To Aeneas Il. 5.311. To Augeas Il. 11.701. To Euphetes Il. 15.532. To Eumelus Il. 23.288. Sim. πολέεσσʼ ἄνδρεσσιν ἄνακτα of Ortilochus Il. 5.546. And applied by Idomeneus to himself Il. 13.452. b ἀ. applied to Priam Il. 2.373, Il. 4.18, Il. 6.451, etc.: Od. 3.107. To Idomeneus Il. 2.405, Il. 10.112, Il. 15.301: Od. 19.181. To Philoctetes Il. 2.725. To Diomedes Il. 4.420, Il. 5.794. To Proetus Il. 6.166. To Achilles Il. 9.164, 276 = Il. 19.177, Il. 23.35, 173, Il. 24.449, 452. To Peleus Il. 9.480. To Asius Il. 12.139. To Sarpedon Il. 12.413, 414, Il. 16.464. To Helenus Il. 13.582, 758, 770, 781. To Nestor Il. 23.302: Od. 3.388. To Menelaus Il. 23.588. To Teucrus Il. 23.859. To Odysseus Od. 3.163, Od. 13.194, etc. To Teiresias Od. 11.144, 151. To Aias Od. 11.561. To Minos Od. 11.570. To minor heroes and personages Il. 2.566 = Il. 23.678, Il. 2.624, 672, 679, 693, Il. 7.8, 137, Il. 11.322, Il. 14.489, Il. 15.639: Od. 16.395 = Od. 18.413, Od. 18.299, Od. 19.523, Od. 24.305. Applied to kings or chiefs generally: ἅρματα ἀνάκτων Il. 2.777: ἀνάκτων παῖδες Od. 13.223. To the leader of a ship's company Od. 11.71. With a local word: πύλοιο Il. 2.77. Cf. Il. 6.173. Sim. Τρώεσσιν Il. 20.230. Joined with βασιλεύς Od. 20.194. c ἀ. applied to gods. To Apollo Il. 1.36, 75, 390, etc.: Od. 8.323, 334, 339. To Zeus Il. 1.502, 529, Il. 2.102, Il. 3.351, Il. 7.194, 200, Il. 16.233, Il. 18.118: Od. 17.354. To Hermes Il. 2.104. To Sleep Il. 14.233. To Poseidon Il. 15.8, 57, 158, Il. 20.67, 404: Od. 3.43, 54, Od. 9.412, 526, Od. 11.130, Od. 13.185, Od. 23.277. To Hephaestus Il. 15.214, Il. 18.137: Od. 8.270. To Hades Il. 20.61. To a river Od. 5.445, 450. To the sun Od. 12.176. To the gods generally Od. 12.290. 2 A lord, master, owner: οὐδʼ ἠγνοίησαν ἄνακτα Il. 13.28, τί δόμεν πηλῆϊ ἄνακτι (to P. as your master) Il. 17.443. Cf. Il. 10.559, Il. 13.38, Il. 15.453, Il. 16.371, 507, Il. 18.417, 421, Il. 23.417 = 446, 517, Il. 24.734: οἴκοιο ἀ. Od. 1.397, οὔτε ἀ. οὔτε ποιμήν Od. 4.87. Cf. Od. 9.440, Od. 10.216, Od. 14.8, 139, 170, Od. 17.186, 320, etc.
πρό I Adv. 1 Forward, forwards, forth: πρὸ γὰρ ἧκεν Ἥρη Il. 1.195. Cf. Il. 1.208, 442, Il. 4.382 (see ὁδός 1), Il. 15.360, Il. 16.188, etc.: Od. 21.21. 2 In front, before: πρὸ δούρατʼ ἔχοντο Il. 17.355. Cf. Il. 13.799, 800: Od. 5.385. 3 In temporal sense, before: πρὸ ἐόντα (the past) Il. 1.70. Beforehand: ἐπεὶ πρό οἱ εἴπομεν Od. 1.37. II Prep. with genit. 1 In front of, before: πρὸ ἄστεος Il. 15.351. Cf. Il. 5.96, 789, Il. 9.708, Il. 19.292, etc.: Od. 10.105, Od. 24.468. With locative: ἠῶθι πρό (see ἠώς 1). Ἰλιόθι πρό (see Ἰλιόθι). οὐρανόθι πρό (see οὐρανός 1). In reference to chieftainship: πρὸ φθίων Il. 13.693. Cf. Il. 13.699. Before the face of, in subjection to: ἀθλεύειν πρὸ ἄνακτος ἀμειλίχου Il. 24.734. Under compulsion of: πρὸ φόβοιο Il. 17.667. 2 In front of, in advance of: πρὸ ἑτάρων μάχεσθαι Il. 4.373. In advance of, preceding: πρὸ δʼ ἄρʼ αὐτῶν κύνες ἤϊσαν Od. 19.435. Cf. Il. 10.286, Il. 17.726, Il. 23.115. 3 In defence of, defending, protecting: πρὸ Τρώων ἑσταότα Il. 24.215. Cf. Il. 8.57, Il. 22.110. In reference to a champion, on behalf of Il. 4.156. 4 In temporal sense, before, sooner than: καί τε πρὸ ὁ τοῦ ἐνόησεν Il. 10.224. Cf. Od. 15.524, Od. 17.476.