ἄξων

See also: άξων

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ák.sɔːn/ → /ˈak.son/ → /ˈak.son/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ák.sɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈak.son/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈak.son/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈak.son/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈak.son/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-. Cognate with Sanskrit अक्ष (akṣa, “axle, axis, balance beam”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀒𐀰𐀚 (a-ko-so-ne) and Latin axis.

Alternative forms

• αὔξων (aúxōn)

Noun

ἄξων • (áxōn) m (genitive ἄξονος); third declension

1. an axle
2. (geometry) an axis of a solid
   1. of a cone
   2. of a conic section
   3. of a cylinder
3. the axis of the celestial sphere
4. (figuratively) a course or path of action
5. (anatomy) C2, the axis (the second cervical vertebra)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἄξων; τοῦ ἄξονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄξονες (áxones)

Etymology 2

Participle

ἄξων • (áxōn) m (feminine ᾰ̓́ξουσᾰ, neuter ᾰ̓́ξον); first/third declension

1. future active participle of ἄγω (ágō)

Declension

First and third declension of ἄξων; ἄξουσᾰ; ἄξον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
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				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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.