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οἴαξ

oiax

handle of the rudder, rudder

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Where it lives

Helen 3 · 3.07/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. οἴαξ · oiax — Beekes

οἴαξ, -ἄκος [m.] ‘handle of the rudder, rudder’ (trag,, Pl.), οἴηκες [pl.] name of a device on the yoke (a handle? rings? Q 269). <1E *h,(o)iH-s- ‘pole, shaft’> eVAR Ion. -né, -ηκος. *COMP As a first member in οἰακο-νόμος [m.] ‘helmsman’ (A. [lyr.]), cf. Sommer 1948: 166; as a second member perhaps in κερ-οίακες (from κερα(")-οίακες) [pl.] ‘ropes belonging to the yard-arm’ (Luc. Nav. 4). *DER Diminutive οἰάκιον … — [Beekes, s.v. οἴαξ, p. 1103]

2. οἴᾳξ · oiaix — Chantraine

οἴᾳξ, -äxos : ion. -nË, -κος m. « barre du gouvernail » (ef. Poll. 1,89, PL Pit. 272 e), d’où « gouvernail » (ion.-att.), volontiers employé au figuré pour la barre du gouvernement {trag.). Dans 11. 24, 269 οἴηκες désigne les anneaux ou crochets du joug qui auraient empêché les rênes de flotter (donc aidé à la conduite), cf. Delebecque, Cheval dans l’Iliade 181. Composés : οἰακο-νόμος «barreur » (Æsch. Pr. 149), … — [Chantraine, s.v. οἴᾳξ, p. 795]

3. οἵαξ · hoiax — Frisk

οἵαξ. Für Entlehnung von heth. kis3a- aus aind. igd, m.E. mit Recht, auch Mayrhofer Sprache 10 (1964) 185f.; für Urverwandtschaft, weniger überzeugend, ders. IF 70 (1965) 253f. mit Kammenhuber KZ 77 (1961) 50. 160 οἴγνυμι --- ὀκτώ — [Frisk, s.v. οἵαξ, p. 2285]

4. οἴαξ · oiax — LSJ

handle of rudder, tiller, helm

handle of rudder, tiller (Poll. 1.89), πηδαλίων οἴακος ἀφέμενος (cf. πηδάλιον) Pl. Plt. 272e : generally, helm, οἴακος εὐθυντῆρος ὑστάτου νεώς A. Supp. 717 ; στρέφειν οἴακα E. Hel. 1591 : pl., οἰάκων φύλαξ ib. 1578 ; οἴακες εὐπρύμνου νεώς Id. IT 1357 ; τὸν οἴακα εἴσω ἄγειν ἢ ἔξω Pl. Alc. 1.117c.

2 helm of government

metaph., helm of government, ἐν πρύμνῃ πόλεως οἴ. νωμῶν A. Th. 3 ; πραπίδων οἴ. νέμων Id. Ag. 802 (anap.) ; χαλινῶν ἔργον οἰάκων θʼ ἅμα S. Fr. 869, cf. E. Or. 795 ; τὸν οἴ. στρέφει δαίμων ἑκάστῳ Anaxandr. 4 ; τύχης οἴ. IG 7.3226.5 (Orchom. Boeot.) ; = ὡροσκόπος, Paul.Al. L. 2.

II rings of the yoke

in Il. 24.269, οἴηκες are prob. rings of the yoke, through which pass the reins for guiding the mules, cf. ἕστωρ.

In the wild

οἴακος · oiakos Aeschylus, Agamemnon 661–663
οἴακα · oiaka Aeschylus, Agamemnon 799–804
οἴακα · oiaka Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1–3
οἴακος · oiakos Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 715–718
οἴαξ · oiax Aristotle, Politics 1253b (DIORISIS sentence 72)
οἴακʼ · oiakʼ Euripides, Helen *)/aggelos.1590 (DIORISIS sentence 1029)

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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. οἴαξ (scan p. 1103; entry #4449). Root candidates: *aisa-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. οἴαξ (scan p. 795; entry #5793). Root candidates: *oiso-, *oioles-.
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. οἴαξ (scan pp. 2285-2286; entry #7721).

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