ἄναξ

ἄναξ [ᾰ], ἄνακτος (cf. Ἄνακες), ὁ, rarely fem. ὦ ἄνα for ἄνασσα, Pi.P.12.4, cf. A.Fr.342: (

A

ϝάναξ IG4.236

([place name] Corinth), etc., cf.

ϝάνακες 4.564

([place name] Argos)):—lord, master,

1 of the gods, esp. Apollo,

ἄγουσι δὲ δῶρα Ἄνακτι Il.1.390

, al.;

ὁ Πύθιος ἄναξ A.Ag.509

; ἄναξ Ἄπολλον ib.513, Eu.85, etc.;

ὦναξ Ἄπ. S.OT80

; ὦναξ without Ἄπολλον, 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, of Ἀήρ, Ar.Nu.264; of Apollo Ἀγυιεύς, Id.V.875; ὦναξ δέσποτα, of Πλοῦτος, 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; 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

πολέεσσ' ἄνδρεσσιν ἄνακτα 5.546

):—also as a title of rank, e.g. of Teiresias, Od.11.144, 151, S.OT284; of the sons or brothers of kings (

υἱεῖς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ καλοῦνται ἄνακτες Arist.Fr.526

, cf. Isoc.9.72, Clearch. 25, and so of Creon, S.OT85, 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 lord king, Od.20.194; of the emperors,

θεοὶ ἄνακτες IG14.2012A2

, 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 E.Hipp.88

; of the Cyclops, as owner of flocks, Od.9.440.

IV metaph., κώπης, ναῶν ἄνακτες lords of the oar, of ships, A.Pers.378,383; πύλης ἄ. θυρωρέ, of a porter, S.Fr.775; ἄ. ὅπλων E IA1260;

ψευδῶν Id.Andr.447

;

ὑπήνης Pl.Com.122

; κέντρων, of planets holding cardinal points, Man.1.66.—Poet. word.