οἴαξ

See also: Οἴαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• οἴηξ (oíēx) — Ionic
• οἰήϊον (oiḗïon) — Epic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyHseh₂ (“shaft”) or similar. Cognates include Sanskrit ईषा (īṣā́) and Hittite 𒄭𒅖𒊭𒀭 (ḫi-iš-ša-an).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.aːks/ → /ˈy.aks/ → /ˈi.aks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.aːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈy.aks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.aks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.aks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.aks/

Noun

οἴᾱξ • (oíāx) m (genitive οἴᾱκος); third declension

1. tiller, the handle of the rudder
2. helm
3. rings of a yoke, through which cords for guiding oxen

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ οἴᾱξ; τοῦ οἴᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἴᾱξ ho oíāx	τὼ οἴᾱκε tṑ oíāke	οἱ οἴᾱκες hoi oíākes
Genitive	τοῦ οἴᾱκος toû oíākos	τοῖν οἰᾱ́κοιν toîn oiā́koin	τῶν οἰᾱ́κων tôn oiā́kōn
Dative	τῷ οἴᾱκῐ tôi oíāki	τοῖν οἰᾱ́κοιν toîn oiā́koin	τοῖς οἴᾱξῐ / οἴᾱξῐν toîs oíāxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν οἴᾱκᾰ tòn oíāka	τὼ οἴᾱκε tṑ oíāke	τοὺς οἴᾱκᾰς toùs oíākas
Vocative	οἴᾱξ oíāx	οἴᾱκε oíāke	οἴᾱκες oíākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• οἰακηδόν (oiakēdón)
• οἰακίζω (oiakízō)
• οἰάκιον (oiákion)
• οἰάκισμα (oiákisma)
• οἰακιστής (oiakistḗs)
• οἰακονομέω (oiakonoméō)
• οἰακονόμος (oiakonómos)
• οἰακοστροφέω (oiakostrophéō)
• οἰακοστρόφος (oiakostróphos)
• οἰάκωσις (oiákōsis)

 

Descendants

• Greek: οίακας (oíakas)
• → Vulgar Latin: *oiācem
  • ⇒ Catalan: arjau

References

• “οἴαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οἴαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• οἴαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • helm idem, page 395.
  • oeax idem, page 569.
  • rudder idem, page 724.
  • tiller idem, page 875.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN