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Νάξος

*naxos

driven (with a hammer)

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What it meant

1. ναξος · naxos — Beekes

ναξος [adj.] epithet of κολοσσός (Epigr. apud Phot.). eETYM According to Geffcken & Herbig Glotta 9 (1918): 97 ff., to be accented ναξός = ‘driven (with a hammer)’, related to » vacow. According to G. and H., the name of the island Νάξος should also be included here. — [Beekes, s.v. ναξος, p. 1046]

2. Νάξος · Naxos — Chantraine

Νάξος : toponyme en divers lieux et, en particulier, nom de l’île de Naxos. D'où Νάξιος, notamment comme épithète de la pierre à aiguiser (ναξία en grec moderne désigne encore l’'émeri) avec le composé NaËrovpyñs (Ar.), et Ναξιακός. Héros éponyme Νάξος et nom d'homme correspondant, voir L. Robert, Slèles de Byzance 179. Aucune raison de rapprocher ce mot du précédent. väés : dor., thessal., att. chez les trag., … — [Chantraine, s.v. Νάξος, p. 751]

3. Νάξος · Naxos — LSJ

Naxos, Naxian, the Naxians, Naxian, a work on Naxos

Naxos, h.Ap. 44, etc.:—Adj. Νάξιος, α, ον, Naxian: οἱ N. the Naxians, Hdt. 5.30, etc.; Ναξία ἀκόνα a Naxian whetstone, Pi. I. 6(5).73, Dsc. 5.149; N. πέτρη AP 15.25.4 (Besant.); N. λίθος Phot.; γέρρα Νάξια (v. γέρρον V.2) Epich. 235: Ναξιακά, τά, a work on Naxos, by Andriscus, Parth. 9tit.

4. ναξος · naxos — LSJ

solid

solid, not hollow, ν. παγχρύσεος . . κολοσσός Epigr. ap. Phot. s.v. Κυψελιδῶν ἀνάθημα (s.v.l.).

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