lord, master,
ἄναξ[ᾰ], ἄνακτος(cf.Ἄνακες),ὁ, rarely fem.ὦ ἄναforἄνασσα,
Pi. P. 12.4 , cf. A. Fr. 342 : (
A.
ϝάναξ
IG 4.236
(Corinth), etc., cf. ϝάνακες
4.564
(Argos)):—lord, master,
1. of the gods, esp. Apollo, ἄγουσι δὲ δῶρα Ἄνακτι
Il. 1.390
, al.; ὁ Πύθιος ἄναξ
A. Ag. 509
;ἄναξ Ἄπολλονib. 513 , Eu. 85 , etc.; ὦναξ Ἄπ.
S. OT 80
;ὦναξwithoutἌπολλον,
Hdt. 1.159 , 4.150 , al.; of Zeus, Hom. only in voc., Ζεῦ ἄνα
Il. 3.351
, 16.233 ; Ζεὺς ἄναξ
A. Pers. 762
; ἄναξ ἀνάκτων . . Ζεῦ
Id. Supp. 524
; μὰ τὸν Δία τὸν Ἄνακτα
D. 35.40
; Poseidon, A. Th. 130 ;ὦ δέσποτ' ἄναξ,ofἈήρ,
Ar. Nu. 264 ; of ApolloἈγυιεύς,
Id. V. 875 ;ὦναξ δέσποτα,ofΠλοῦτος,
Id. Pl. 748 ; esp. of the Dioscuri, cf.Ἄνακες, Ἄνακοι;of all the gods, πάντων ἀνάκτων . . κοινοβωμίαν
A. Supp. 222
, cf. Pi. O. 10(11).49 .—The irreg. voc.ἄνα(q. v.) is never addressed save to gods;ὦναξis 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 πολέεσς' ἄνδρεσσιν ἄνακτα
5.546
):—also as a title of rank, e.g. of Teiresias, Od. 11.144 , 151 , S. OT 284 ; of thesonsorbrothers of kings( υἱεῖς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ καλοῦνται ἄνακτες
Arist. Fr. 526
, cf. Isoc. 9.72 , Clearch. 25 , and so of Creon , S. OT 85 , cf. 911 ), and esp. of kings, as Xerxes, A. Pers. 5 , Darius, ib. 787 , cf. Ag. 42 , E. Ph. 17 , Or. 349 , etc.;βασιλῆι ἄνακτι lordking, 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 ofmasterto slave, freq. in Od. ; ἄναξ, θεοὺς γὰρ δεσπότας καλεῖν χρεών
E. Hipp. 88
; of the Cyclops, asownerof flocks, Od. 9.440 .
IV. metaph.,κώπης, ναῶν ἄνακτες lordsof the oar, of ships, A. Pers. 378 , 383 ;πύλης ἄ. θυρωρέ,of a porter, S. Fr. 775 ;ἄ. ὅπλωνE IA 1260 ; ψευδῶν
Id. Andr. 447
; ὑπήνης
Pl.Com. 122
;κέντρων,of planets holding cardinal points, Man. 1.66 .—Poet. word.
