ἄξων
See also: άξων
Ancient Greek
editPronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ák.sɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈak.son/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈak.son/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈak.son/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈak.son/
Etymology 1
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *aksōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀒𐀰𐀚 (a-ko-so-ne), Sanskrit अक्ष (akṣa, “axle, axis, balance beam”) and Latin axis.
Alternative forms
edit- αὔξων (aúxōn)
Noun
editἄξων • (áxōn) m (genitive ἄξονος); third declension
- an axle
- (geometry) an axis of a solid
- the axis of the celestial sphere
- (figuratively) a course or path of action
- (anatomy) C2, the axis (the second cervical vertebra)
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἄξων ho áxōn |
τὼ ἄξονε tṑ áxone |
οἱ ἄξονες hoi áxones | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἄξονος toû áxonos |
τοῖν ἀξόνοιν toîn axónoin |
τῶν ἀξόνων tôn axónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἄξονῐ tôi áxoni |
τοῖν ἀξόνοιν toîn axónoin |
τοῖς ἄξοσῐ / ἄξοσῐν toîs áxosi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἄξονᾰ tòn áxona |
τὼ ἄξονε tṑ áxone |
τοὺς ἄξονᾰς toùs áxonas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄξον áxon |
ἄξονε áxone |
ἄξονες áxones | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἄξονες (áxones)
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editἄξων • (áxōn) m (feminine ᾰ̓́ξουσᾰ, neuter ᾰ̓́ξον); first/third declension
- future active participle of ἄγω (ágō)
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἄξων áxōn |
ἄξουσᾰ áxousa |
ἄξον áxon |
ἄξοντε áxonte |
ἀξούσᾱ axoúsā |
ἄξοντε áxonte |
ἄξοντες áxontes |
ἄξουσαι áxousai |
ἄξοντᾰ áxonta | |||||
Genitive | ἄξοντος áxontos |
ἀξούσης axoúsēs |
ἄξοντος áxontos |
ἀξόντοιν axóntoin |
ἀξούσαιν axoúsain |
ἀξόντοιν axóntoin |
ἀξόντων axóntōn |
ἀξουσῶν axousôn |
ἀξόντων axóntōn | |||||
Dative | ἄξοντῐ áxonti |
ἀξούσῃ axoúsēi |
ἄξοντῐ áxonti |
ἀξόντοιν axóntoin |
ἀξούσαιν axoúsain |
ἀξόντοιν axóntoin |
ἄξουσῐ / ἄξουσῐν áxousi(n) |
ἀξούσαις axoúsais |
ἄξουσῐ / ἄξουσῐν áxousi(n) | |||||
Accusative | ἄξοντᾰ áxonta |
ἄξουσᾰν áxousan |
ἄξον áxon |
ἄξοντε áxonte |
ἀξούσᾱ axoúsā |
ἄξοντε áxonte |
ἄξοντᾰς áxontas |
ἀξούσᾱς axoúsās |
ἄξοντᾰ áxonta | |||||
Vocative | ἄξων áxōn |
ἄξουσᾰ áxousa |
ἄξον áxon |
ἄξοντε áxonte |
ἀξούσᾱ axoúsā |
ἄξοντε áxonte |
ἄξοντες áxontes |
ἄξουσαι áxousai |
ἄξοντᾰ áxonta | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀξόντως axóntōs |
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Further reading
edit- “ἄξων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄξων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄξων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄξων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄξων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄξων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- axle idem, page 57.
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