ἄμαξα [ᾰ], Att.
ἅμαξα,ἡ, (v.ἄξων) prop.
A. frame-work, 'châssis'of a four-wheeled wagon (ἀπήνη), opp.πείρινς(body), Il. 24.263s qq., cf. Od. 6.37 , al.:—also, of the wholewagon,ib. 260 , cf. Hes. Op. 453 , Hdt. 1.31 , Th. 1.93 , etc.; of thewagonsof the Scythians, Hdt. 4.114 , 121 ;βοῦς ὑφ' ἁμάξης draught-oxen, X. An. 6.4.22 , 25 .
2. c. gen.,wagon-load, πετρῶν, σίτου,
X. An. 4.7.10 , Cyr. 2.4.18 ; ἐλλεβόρου
Pl. Euthd. 299b
; τρισσῶν ἁμαξῶν βάρος
E. Cyc. 385
, cf. 473 .
3. prov.,ἡ ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν(sc.ἕλκει) 'the cart before the horse', Luc. DMort. 6.2 ;ἐξἁμάξης ὑβρίζειν,of abusive ribaldry, such as was allowed to the women as they were takenin wagonsto the Eleusinian mysteries, Sch. D. 18.122 , cf. Ar. Pl. 1014 , Men. 396 ;βοᾶς . . ὥσπερ ἐξ ἁμάξηςD.l.c.
II. carriage of a plough,
Hes. Op. 426 , 453 .
III.