ἅμαξα

See also: αμαξά and άμαξα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from ἅμα (háma) and ἄξων (áxōn) or ἄγω (ágō). But compare the possible cognate Tocharian B amäkṣpänte (“wagonmaster”)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ • (hámaxa) f (genitive ᾰ̔μάξης); first declension

  1. wagon
    Synonym: ἀπήνη (apḗnē)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̔μάξης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ
hē hámaxa		 τὼ ᾰ̔μάξᾱ
tṑ hamáxā		 αἱ ᾰ̔́μαξαι
hai hámaxai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̔μάξης
tês hamáxēs		 τοῖν ᾰ̔μάξαιν
toîn hamáxain		 τῶν ᾰ̔μαξῶν
tôn hamaxôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̔μάξῃ
têi hamáxēi		 τοῖν ᾰ̔μάξαιν
toîn hamáxain		 ταῖς ᾰ̔μάξαις
taîs hamáxais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̔́μαξᾰν
tḕn hámaxan		 τὼ ᾰ̔μάξᾱ
tṑ hamáxā		 τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̔μάξᾱς
tā̀s hamáxās
Vocative ᾰ̔́μαξᾰ
hámaxa		 ᾰ̔μάξᾱ
hamáxā		 ᾰ̔́μαξαι
hámaxai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: άμαξα (ámaxa)
  • Latin: hamaxa

Further reading
  • “ἅμαξα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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