Οἴαξ
helm, rudder, steering-oar, tiller; Oiax
Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Jun 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Genitive] oi)/akos .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἴαξ, οἴακος.
Betacode
*oi)/ac, oi)/akos.
Notes
- For the headword as an item of nautical terminology cf. omicroniota 7 (and pi 1493), and see more generally omicroniota 8, omicroniota 9, omicroniota 10, omicroniota 12, omicroniota 13. Note, however, that Oiax is also a personal name in Greek mythology: brother of Palamedes; see under pi 45.
References
Lionel Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore 1995) 224-228
Linked from8 entries
- οι7Οἴακεςhelms, steering-oars, rudders, tillers[Meaning] oars, paddle-handles.
- οι8Οἰακίζειsteers, is steering[Meaning he/she/it] is helmsman.
- οι9Οἰάκιον τῆς νηόςhelm of the ship[no gloss]
- οι10Οἰακιστήςsteersman[Meaning a] helmsman.
- οι12Οἰακοστρόφοςsteersman[Meaning a] helmsman.
- οι13Οἰακοστροφῶνsteering[Meaning one who is] manning the helm.
- οι46Οἰήϊονhelm, steering-oar, rudder, tiller[Meaning an] oar.
- π45ΠαλαμήδηςPalamedes"Me of course, I know a scheme out of the Palamedes. Just like that man, I will write [on] the oars and throw them." Just like Oiax wrote [about] Palamedes to his father Nauplios on various oars and threw them into the…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 4 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented headword, note, keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented headword and note; added keyword and bibliography; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, added cross-references — Catharine Roth
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict