οἴαξ

See also: Οἴαξ

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyHseh₂ (“shaft”) or similar. Cognates include Sanskrit ईषा (īṣā́) and Hittite 𒄭𒅖𒊭𒀭 (ḫi-iš-ša-an).

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

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 tōî oíākĭ	τοῖν οἰᾱ́κοιν toîn oiā́koin	τοῖς οἴᾱξῐ / οἴᾱξῐν toîs oíāxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν οἴᾱκᾰ tòn oíākă	τὼ οἴᾱκε tṑ oíāke	τοὺς οἴᾱκᾰς toùs oíākăs
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.

“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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- helm idem, page 395.
- oeax idem, page 569.
- rudder idem, page 724.
- tiller idem, page 875.
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