ἄξος
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
ὁ, Cret., A = ἀγμός, St.Byz. s.v. Ὄαξος. B Maced. word for ὕλη, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 271] ὁ, kretisch = ἀγμός, Wessel. Her. 4, 154.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄξος: ὁ, Κρητική λέξις ἀντὶ ἀγμός, Στέφ. Βυζ., πρβλ. Wessel. ἐν Ἡρόδ. 4. 154. Ι. «ἄξος· ὕλη παρὰ Μακεδόσιν» Ἡσύχ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
1ου (ὁ) :
lieu escarpé ou abrupt.
Étymologie: mot crétois c. ἀγμός, de ἄγνυμι.
2= ὕλη.
Étymologie: mot macédonien.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ cret. acantilado, risco St.Byz.s.u. Ὀαξός.
-ου, ὁ maced. ὕλη Hsch.