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|Definition=βάξεως, ἡ, ([[βάζω]]) ''poet.'' Noun,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[saying]], esp. an [[oracular saying]], [[inspired utterance]], κλύειν εὐηκέα β. Emp.112.11; ἐναργὴς β. ἦλθεν Ἰνάχῳ [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''663; θεσφάτων β. S.''Tr.''87.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[report]], [[rumour]], μιν… β. ἔχει χαλεπή Mimn.15; β. ἀργαλέη Id.16; θεῶν ἐποπίζεο μῆνιν βάξιν τ' ἀνθρώπων Thgn.1298; βάξιν ἀλγεινήν, βάξιν καλὴν λαβεῖν, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''494, ''El.'' 1006; σπείρειν ματαίαν β. ἐς πᾶσαν πόλιν ib.642, cf. 638; διὰ δὲ πόλεας ἔρχεται β. E.''Hel.''224 (lyr.); ὀξεῖα γάρ σου β.… διῆλθ' Ἀχαιούς = a report concerning thee, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''998; [[ἁλώσιμος βάξις]] = [[tidings of the capture]], A.''Ag.''10; θανόντος β. ἀνδρός E.''Hel.''351 (lyr.); so τήν τ' ἀμφὶ Θησέως β. Id.''Supp.''642.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[voice]], Epigr.Gr.989.2.