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βάξις

baxis · ἡ

saying, an oracular saying, inspired utterance, report, rumour

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Where it lives

Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Electra 3 · 3.46/10k
Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

βάξις · baxis — LSJ

saying, an oracular saying, inspired utterance

saying, esp. an oracular saying, inspired utterance, κλύειν εὐηκέα β. Emp. 112.11; ἐναργὴς β. ἦλθεν Ἰνάχῳ A. Pr. 663; θεσφάτων β. S. Tr. 87.

2 report, rumour, a report concerning, tidings

report, rumour, μιν . . β. ἔχει χαλεπή Mimn. 15; β. ἀργαλέη Id. 16; θεῶν ἐποπίζεο μῆνιν βάξιν τʼ ἀνθρώπων Thgn. 1298; β. ἀλγεινήν, β. καλὴν λαβεῖν, S. Aj. 494, El. 1006; σπείρειν ματαίαν β. ἐς πᾶσαν πόλιν ib. 642, cf. 638; διὰ δὲ πόλεας ἔρχεται β. E. Hel. 224 (lyr.); ὀξεῖα γάρ σου β. . . διῆλθʼ Ἀχαιούς a report concerning thee, S. Aj. 998; ἁλώσιμος β. tidings of the capture, A. Ag. 10; θανόντος β. ἀνδρός E. Hel. 351 (lyr.); so τήν τʼ ἀμφὶ Θησέως β. Id. Supp. 642.

II voice

voice, Epigr.Gr. 989.2.

In the wild

βάξιν · baxin Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1–9
βάξις · baxis Aeschylus, Agamemnon 475–476
βάξις · baxis Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 663–666
βάξει · baxei Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 975–979
βάξιν · baxin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7468)
βάξις · baxis Euripides, Helen 2 (DIORISIS sentence 147)

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Where it came from

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