ἄνω + ἀξία

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Word-form

ἄναξ

Transliteration (Word)

anax

English translation (word)

lord, master

Transliteration (Etymon)

anō + axia

English translation (etymon)

upward + worth

Author

Scholia in Euripidem

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)

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).

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

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