ἄναξ
anax
lord, master
Appears 230 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄναξ [ᾰ], ἄνακτος (cf. Ἄνακες), ὁ, rarely fem. ὦ ἄνα for ἄνασσα, P. 12.4, cf. Fr. 342: (ϝάναξ IG 4.236 (Corinth), etc., cf. ϝάνακες 4.564 (Argos)):—A. lord, master, 1. of the gods, esp. Apollo, ἄγουσι δὲ δῶρα Ἄνακτι Il. 1.390, al.; ὁ Πύθιος ἄναξ Ag. 509; ἄναξ Ἄπολλον ib.513, Eu. 85, etc.; ὦναξ Ἄπ. OT 80; ὦναξ without Ἄπολλον, 1.159, 4.150, al.; of Zeus, only in voc., Ζεῦ ἄνα Il. 3.351, 16.233; Ζεὺς ἄναξ Pers. 762; ἄναξ ἀνάκτων . . Ζεῦ Supp. 524; μὰ τὸν Δία τὸν Ἄνακτα 35.40; Poseidon, Th. 130; ὦ δέσποτʼ ἄναξ, of Ἀήρ, Nu. 264; of Apollo Ἀγυιεύς, V. 875; ὦναξ δέσποτα, of Πλοῦτος, Pl. 748; esp. of the Dioscuri, cf. Ἄνακες, Ἄνακοι; of all the gods, πάντων ἀνάκτων . . κοινοβωμίαν Supp. 222, cf. O. 10(11).49.—The irreg. voc. ἄνα (q. v.) is never addressed save to gods; ὦναξ is freq. in Trag. and Com. II. of the Homeric heroes, esp. of Agamemnon, as general-in-chief ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀ. Il. 1.442, al. (so Euphetes 15.532, while Ortilochos is called πολέεσσʼ ἄνδρεσσιν ἄνακτα 5.546):—also as a title of rank, e.g. of Teiresias, Od. 11.144, 151, OT 284; of the sons or brothers of kings (υἱεῖς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ καλοῦνται ἄνακτες Fr. 526, cf. 9.72, 25, and so of , OT 85, cf. 911), and esp. of kings, as Xerxes, Pers. 5, Darius, ib.787, cf. Ag. 42, Ph. 17, Or. 349, etc.; βασιλῆι ἄνακτι lord king, Od. 20.194; of the emperors, θεοὶ ἄνακτες IG 14.2012A2, 4.1475 (Epid.). III. master of the house, οἴκοιο ἄναξ Od. 1.397; ἀμφὶ ἄνακτα κύνες 10.216; as denoting the relation of master to slave, freq. in Od.; ἄναξ, θεοὺς γὰρ δεσπότας καλεῖν χρεών Hipp. 88; of the Cyclops, as owner of flocks, Od. 9.440. IV. metaph., κώπης, ναῶν ἄνακτες lords of the oar, of ships, Pers. 378,383; πύλης ἄ. θυρωρέ, of a porter, Fr. 775; ἄ. ὅπλων E IA 1260; ψευδῶν Andr. 447; ὑπήνης 122; κέντρων, of planets holding cardinal points, 1.66.—Poet. word.
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