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|Full diacritics=ἄμαξα
|Medium diacritics=ἄμαξα
|Low diacritics=άμαξα
|Capitals=ΑΜΑΞΑ
|Transliteration A=ámaxa
|Transliteration B=amaxa
|Transliteration C=amaksa
|Beta Code=a)/maca
|Definition=[ᾰ], Att. ἅμαξα, ἡ, (v. <b class="b3">ἄξων</b>) prop. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">frame-work, 'châssis'</b> of a four-wheeled wagon (ἀπήνη), opp. <b class="b3">πείρινς</b> (body), <span class="bibl">Il.24.263s</span>qq., cf. <span class="bibl">Od.6.37</span>, al.:—also, of the whole <b class="b2">wagon</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">260</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>453</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.93</span>, etc.; of the <b class="b2">wagons</b> of the Scythians, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.114</span>, <span class="bibl">121</span>; <b class="b3">βοῦς ὑφ' ἁμάξης</b> <b class="b2">draught</b>-oxen, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.22</span>,<span class="bibl">25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b2">wagon-load</b>, <b class="b3">πετρῶν, σίτου</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.7.10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.18</span>; ἐλλεβόρου <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Euthd.</span>299b</span>; τρισσῶν ἁμαξῶν βάρος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>385</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">473</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> prov., <b class="b3">ἡ ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἕλκει</b>) 'the cart before the horse', <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span> 6.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξἁμάξης ὑβρίζειν</b>, of abusive ribaldry, such as was allowed to the women as they were taken <b class="b2">in wagons</b> to the Eleusinian mysteries, Sch.<span class="bibl">D.18.122</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1014</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.396</span>; <b class="b3">βοᾶς . . ὥσπερ ἐξ ἁμάξης</b> D.l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">carriage of a plough</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>426</span>,<span class="bibl">453</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[Ἄρκτος]], <b class="b2">the Great Bear</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.487</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.273</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.119</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., of a <b class="b2">ship</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>451B.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> = [[ἁμαξιτός]], <span class="title">AP</span> 7.479 (Theodorid.).</span>
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