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ἀπήνη [α^], ἡ,
A.four-wheeled wagon, drawn by mules, “ἡμίονοι ἕλκον τετράκυκλον ἀπήνην” Il.24.324, cf. Od.6.57 with 69,72,73,82; much the same as ἅμαξα, cf. Il.24.266 with 324, Od.6.72 with 73: of a racing-car, drawn by mules, “ἡμιόνοις ξεστᾷ τ᾽ ἀπήνᾳ” Pi.P.4.94, cf. O. 5.3, Arist.Fr.568; “ἦν γὰρ δὴ ἀπήνη . . ἡμιόνους ἀνθ᾽ ἵππων ἔχουσα” Paus. 5.9.2.
2. later, any car or chariot, A.Ag.906, S.OT753; ἀ. πωλική ib.803; war-chariot, Str.4.5.2; cf. καπάνα.
3. metaph., any conveyance, “νατα ἀ.” ship, E.Med.1123; “πλωταῖς ἀπήνῃσι” Lyr.Adesp.117 ( = Trag.Adesp.142); τετραβάμονος ὡς ὑπ᾽ ἀπήνας, of the Trojan horse, E.Tr.517 (lyr.).
4. metaph., like ζεῦγος, pair, e.g. of brothers, “ἀ. ὁμόπτερος” Id.Ph.329 (lyr.).
5. in pl., the alae nasi, Poll.2.80.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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