ἄναξ
See also: άναξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ϝάναξ (wánax) – Corinthian
- ἀνακός (anakós) – unknown
Etymology
From earlier ϝάναξ (wánax), ϝάνακος (wánakos); probably from Pre-Greek.[1]
Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀷𐀙𐀏 (wa-na-ka).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.naks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.naks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.naks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.naks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.naks/
Noun
ἄνᾰξ • (ánax) m (genitive ἄνᾰκτος); third declension
- lord, king
- (of men)
- (of gods, often Apollo and Zeus)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.351:
- Ζεῦ ἄνα δὸς τῑ́σασθαι ὅ με πρότερος κάκ’ ἔοργε
δῖον Ἀλέξανδρον, καὶ ἐμῇς ὑπὸ χερσὶ δάμασσον- Zeû ána dòs tī́sasthai hó me próteros kák’ éorge
dîon Aléxandron, kaì emêis hupò khersì dámasson - O Lord Zeus, grant me to punish the man who first has done me wrong,
noble Alexander, and beat him down under my hands
- Zeû ána dòs tī́sasthai hó me próteros kák’ éorge
- Ζεῦ ἄνα δὸς τῑ́σασθαι ὅ με πρότερος κάκ’ ἔοργε
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Homeric Hymn to Apollo 14–15:
- χαῖρε, μάκαιρ’ ὦ Λητοῖ, ἐπεὶ τέκες ἀγλαὰ τέκνα,
Ᾱ̓πόλλωνά τ’ ἄνακτα καὶ Ἄρτεμιν ῑ̓οχέαιραν,- khaîre, mákair’ ô Lētoî, epeì tékes aglaà tékna,
Āpóllōná t’ ánakta kaì Ártemin īokhéairan, - Rejoice, blessed Leto, since you have borne glorious children —
the lord Apollo and Artemis strewer of arrows,
- khaîre, mákair’ ô Lētoî, epeì tékes aglaà tékna,
- χαῖρε, μάκαιρ’ ὦ Λητοῖ, ἐπεὶ τέκες ἀγλαὰ τέκνα,
- (of men)
- master, owner
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.397–398:
- αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν οἴκοιο ἄναξ ἔσομ’ ἡμετέροιο
καὶ δμώων, οὕς μοι ληίσσατο δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς.- autàr egṑn oíkoio ánax ésom’ hēmetéroio
kaì dmṓōn, hoús moi lēíssato dîos Odusseús. - [Telemachus:] But I shall be lord of our own house
and of the slaves that godlike Odysseus won for me."
- autàr egṑn oíkoio ánax ésom’ hēmetéroio
- αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν οἴκοιο ἄναξ ἔσομ’ ἡμετέροιο
Usage notes
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓́ναξ ho ánax |
τὼ ᾰ̓́νακτε tṑ ánakte |
οἱ ᾰ̓́νακτες hoi ánaktes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́νακτος toû ánaktos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓νάκτοιν toîn anáktoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓νάκτων tôn anáktōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́νακτῐ tôi ánakti |
τοῖν ᾰ̓νάκτοιν toîn anáktoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓́ναξῐ / ᾰ̓́ναξῐν toîs ánaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓́νακτᾰ tòn ánakta |
τὼ ᾰ̓́νακτε tṑ ánakte |
τοὺς ᾰ̓́νακτᾰς toùs ánaktas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́ναξ / ᾰ̓́νᾰ ánax / ána |
ᾰ̓́νακτε ánakte |
ᾰ̓́νακτες ánaktes | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- ᾰ̓νακτορῐ́ᾱ (anaktoríā)
- Ἀνακτορία (Anaktoría)
- ᾰ̓νακτόρῐος (anaktórios)
- ᾰ̓νάκτορον (anáktoron)
- Ᾰ̓νακτοτελέσται (Anaktoteléstai)
- ᾰ̓νάκτωρ (anáktōr)
- Ᾰ̓ναξᾰγόρᾱς (Anaxagórās)
- Ἀναξάνδρα (Anaxándra)
- Ἀνάξανδρος (Anáxandros)
- Ᾰ̓ναξᾰρέτη (Anaxarétē)
- Ᾰ̓νάξαρχος (Anáxarkhos)
- ᾰ̓ναξῐ́ᾱ (anaxíā)
- ᾰ̓ναξίαλος (anaxíalos)
- Ἀναξίβια (Anaxíbia)
- Ᾰ̓ναξίβιος (Anaxíbios)
- ᾰ̓ναξιβρέντας (anaxibréntas)
- ᾰ̓ναξιδώρᾱ (anaxidṓrā)
- Ᾰ̓νᾰξῐκρᾰ́της (Anaxikrátēs)
- Ᾰ̓ναξῐ́μανδρος (Anaxímandros)
- Ᾰ̓ναξιμένης (Anaximénēs)
- ᾰ̓ναξίμολπος (anaxímolpos)
- Ἀνάξιππος (Anáxippos)
- ᾰ̓ναξιφόρμιγξ (anaxiphórminx)
- ᾰ̓νάσσω (anássō)
- Ἀστυάναξ (Astuánax)
- Ἀστυάνασσα (Astuánassa)
- εὐδῐᾰ́νᾰξ (eudiánax)
- Εὐρυάνασσα (Euruánassa)
- ῐ̔ππιᾰ́νᾰξ (hippiánax)
- Ἱππῶνᾰξ (Hippônax)
- οἰκῶνᾰξ (oikônax)
- πᾱσῐᾰ́νᾰξ (pāsiánax)
- Πλειστοᾰ́νᾰξ (Pleistoánax)
- πῠριπηγᾰ́νᾰξ (puripēgánax)
- χειρῶνᾰξ (kheirônax)
References
- ἄναξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄναξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄναξ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄναξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄναξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄναξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- ἄναξ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἄναξ, -ακτος [m.]”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 98-99
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