λάξ

lax

with the foot

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5620
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

665
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10158
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13618
Book 16 2
Chapter ?

16503
16863
Odyssey 2
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Book 15 1
Chapter ?

1545
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17233

Dictionary (LSJ)

λάξ, Adv. A. 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. Asin. 31, al.:—for the form cf. γνύξ, πύξ, ὀδάξ.

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