λάξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *lagjaz (English leg).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /láks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laks/

Adverb

λάξ • (láx)

with the foot, with the heel

Derived terms

λᾰκτῐ́ζω (laktízō)
πύξ, λάξ, δάξ (púx, láx, dáx)

Further reading

“λάξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
λάξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
λάξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“λάξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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