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[37] ἄμαξα, in Attic Greek “ἅμαξα”, is a four-wheeled cart as distinct from the two-wheeled “ἅρμα”. The etymology is supposed to be “ἅμα” and “ἄγω”, or, according to Grashof, “ἀμφι-ἄξων”, i. e. with two axles.

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