ἄνω + ἀξία
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
ἄναξ
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
anax
English translation (word)
lord, master
Transliteration (Etymon)
anō + axia
English translation (etymon)
upward + worth
Source
Idem
Ref.
Scholia in Euripidis Hippolytum 88c
Ed.
J. Cavarzeran, Scholia in Euripidis Hippolytum [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 19], Berlin - Boston: De Gruyter, 2016
Quotation
ἄναξ] ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔχειν τὴν ἄνω ἀξίαν
Translation (En)
Anax "lord": from the fact he has the higher (anō) dignity (axia)
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Older ϝάναξ, attested in Mycenaean wa-na-ka, cognate with Phryg. vanaktei (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
Αναξ is a learned word in MG
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
The word is parsed as a compound, the second element of which is ἀξία "worth". This refers to the upper social position. From the formal point of view, the etymology does not imply the formal manipulations implied by competing etymologies (ἄνω + ἀΐσσω, ἄνω + τάξις).