Χνόας
naves, hubs
Translated by Jennifer Benedict31 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the spokes of the wheel. A spoke is the part that is affixed to the hole of a wheel; and the hole of the wheel itself is so called [i.e. xno/h , "nave"]. It is pronounced with recessive accent; for disyllabic [nouns] ending in the vowel eta after omicron -- of those that begin with an aspirate -- are given a recessive accent: [e.g.] xno/h ["nave"], fqo/h ["decay"], xlo/h ["sprout"].1 But the [word] pnoh/ ["breath"] does not have aspiration.2