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λάξ

lax

with the heel or foot

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Where it lives

Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Iliad 6 · 0.54/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

1. λάξ · lax — Beekes

λάξ [adv.] ‘with the heel or foot’ (II.). < PG2> 832 λαός eVAR Also (very rare) subst. (secondary back-formation) = λάκτισμα (H.), ‘sole of the foot’ (sch. A. R. 2, 106), see Thierfelder Sdchs. Abh. 43:2: 42°. eCOMP As a first member in Aak-natéw ‘to tread (with the foot), trample underfoot’ (Pherecr. 136, 5. Ant. 1275 v.l; cf. λεω-πάτητος s.v. λεῖος). eDER λάγ-δην = λάξ (S. Fr. 683, 3). Denominative verbs: 1. … — [Beekes, s.v. λάξ, p. 878]

2. λάξ · lax — Chantraine

λάξ : adv. «avec le pied, le talon» (Hom., poètes, prose tardive), comme premier terme de composé dans λακ-πατέω (de λαξ-π-) « piétiner » (Phérécr. 136), avec λακπάτητος (var. S. Ani. 1276), cf. πατεῖσθαι (/ÆEsch. Eu. 110) avec λάξ, et Masson, R. Et Gr. 1951, 435; noter la glose qui suppose un substantif : λάξ * λάκτισμα (Hsch.). D'où λάγ-δην = AGE (S. fr. 683,3). Verbes dénominatifs : 1. λακτίζω « donner un coup de … — [Chantraine, s.v. λάξ, p. 636]

3. λάξ · lax — Frisk

λάξ Adv. “mit der Ferse, dem Fuß’ (ep. poet. seit Il., auch sp. Prosa); als Vorderglied in Aux-nareo (für Aa&-n.; Schwyzer 324) ‘(mit dem Fuß) treten, zertreten’ (Pherekr. 136, 5. Ant. 1275 als ν. ].; vgl. Aew-ndrntog 8. λεῖος); ganz vereinzelt (als sekundäre Rückbildung) Subst. = λάκτισμα (H.), "Fußsohle (Sch. A.R. 2, 106), 5. Thierfelder SächsAbh. 43 : 2, 42 A. 3. — Davon λάγ-δην = λάξ (8. Fr. 683, 3). … — [Frisk, s.v. λάξ, p. 1054]

4. λάξ · lax — LSJ

with the foot, under foot

with the foot, λ. ἐν στήθεσι βὰς ἐξέσπασε μείλινον ἔγχος Il. 6.65, cf. 16.503; λ. προσβάς 5.620, 16.863; λ. ποδὶ κινήσας 10.158, Od. 15.45; λ. ἔνθορεν 17.233; λ. δʼ ἐφʼ ὁρκίοις ἔβη Archil. Supp. 2.13; so later βοῦς μοι ἐπὶ γλώσσης κρατερῷ ποδὶ λ. ἐπιβαίνων Thgn. 815; λ. ἐπίβα δήμῳ Id. 847; λ. πατεῖσθαι (cf. λάγδην) to be trodden under foot, A. Eu. 110, Ch. 644 (lyr.); ἀθέῳ ποδὶ λ. ἀτίσαι Id. Eu. 542 (lyr.); λ. ἐπορούσας πλῆξε A.R. 2.106; παίει τε λ. πύξ Philem. 1.6 D.: also in late Prose, Luc. A

In the wild

λὰξ · lax Aeschylus, Eumenides 110
λὰξ · lax Aeschylus, Eumenides 540–542
λὰξ · lax Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 641–645
λὰξ · lax Iliad 10.158
λὰξ · lax Iliad 13.618
λὰξ · lax Iliad 16.503

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λάξ (scan pp. 878-879; entry #3665).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λάξ (scan p. 636; entry #4667).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λάξ (scan pp. 1054-1055; entry #3480).

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