ἅμαξα

See also: αμαξά and άμαξα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄμαξα (ámaxa)

Etymology

Possibly from ἅμα (háma) and ἄξων (áxōn) or ἄγω (ágō). But compare the possible cognate Tocharian B amäkṣpänte (“wagonmaster”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /há.mak.sa/ → /ˈa.mak.sa/ → /ˈa.mak.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /há.mak.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)a.mak.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mak.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mak.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mak.sa/

Noun

ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ • (hámaxa) f (genitive ᾰ̔μάξης); first declension

1. wagon

   Synonym: ἀπήνη (apḗnē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̔μάξης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ hē hámaxa	τὼ ᾰ̔μάξᾱ tṑ hamáxā	αἱ ᾰ̔́μαξαι hai hámaxai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̔μάξης tês hamáxēs	τοῖν ᾰ̔μάξαιν toîn hamáxain	τῶν ᾰ̔μαξῶν tôn hamaxôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̔μάξῃ têi hamáxēi	τοῖν ᾰ̔μάξαιν toîn hamáxain	ταῖς ᾰ̔μάξαις taîs hamáxais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̔́μαξᾰν tḕn hámaxan	τὼ ᾰ̔μάξᾱ tṑ hamáxā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̔μάξᾱς tā̀s hamáxās
Vocative	ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ hámaxa	ᾰ̔μάξᾱ hamáxā	ᾰ̔́μαξαι hámaxai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἁρμάμαξα (harmámaxa)

Descendants

• Greek: άμαξα (ámaxa)
• Latin: hamaxa

Further reading

• “ἅμαξα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • carriage idem, page 115.
  • cart idem, page 115.
  • tumbrel idem, page 900.
  • van idem, page 943.
  • waggon idem, page 959.