οἴαξ

See also: Οἴαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂iHseh₂ (“shaft”). Cognates include Sanskrit ईषा (īṣā́) and Hittite 𒄭𒅖𒊭𒀭 (ḫi-iš-ša-an).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

οἴᾱξ • (oíāx) m (genitive οἴᾱκος); third declension

  1. tiller, the handle of the rudder
  2. helm
  3. rings of a yoke, through which cords for guiding oxen

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ οἴᾱξ; τοῦ οἴᾱκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ οἴᾱξ
ho oíāx		 τὼ οἴᾱκε
tṑ oíāke		 οἱ οἴᾱκες
hoi oíākes
Genitive τοῦ οἴᾱκος
toû oíākos		 τοῖν οἰᾱ́κοιν
toîn oiā́koin		 τῶν οἰᾱ́κων
tôn oiā́kōn
Dative τῷ οἴᾱκῐ
tôi oíāki		 τοῖν οἰᾱ́κοιν
toîn oiā́koin		 τοῖς οἴᾱξῐ / οἴᾱξῐν
toîs oíāxi(n)
Accusative τὸν οἴᾱκᾰ
tòn oíāka		 τὼ οἴᾱκε
tṑ oíāke		 τοὺς οἴᾱκᾰς
toùs oíākas
Vocative οἴᾱξ
oíāx		 οἴᾱκε
oíāke		 οἴᾱκες
oíākes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • οἰακηδόν (oiakēdón)
  • οἰακίζω (oiakízō)
  • οἰάκιον (oiákion)
  • οἰάκισμα (oiákisma)
  • οἰακιστής (oiakistḗs)
  • οἰακονομέω (oiakonoméō)
  • οἰακονόμος (oiakonómos)
  • οἰακοστροφέω (oiakostrophéō)
  • οἰακοστρόφος (oiakostróphos)
  • οἰάκωσις (oiákōsis)

Descendants
  • Greek: οίακας (oíakas)
  • → Vulgar Latin: *oiācem

References
  • “οἴαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “οἴαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • οἴαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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