ἄμαξα: Difference between revisions

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