Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• 𐀀𐀒𐀰𐀚 ‎(a-ko-so-ne)
• αὔξων ‎(aúxōn)

Noun

ἄξων • ‎(áxōn) m ‎(genitive ἄξονος); third declension

1. an axle
2. (geometry) an axis of a solid
   1. of a cone
   2. of a conic section
   3. of a cylinder
3. the axis of the celestial sphere
4. (figuratively) a course or path of action
5. (anatomy) C2, the axis (the second cervical vertebra)

Declension

Derived terms

• ἄξονες ‎(áxones)

References

• ἄξων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄξων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄξων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἄξων» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἄξων» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἄξων» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • axle idem, page 57.