ἄναξ (ϝάναξ), ακτος, voc. ἄνα (only in addressing a god, otherwise),
ἄναξ, dat. pl. ἀνάκτεσι: lord (king),
master; of gods, Ζεῦ
ἄνα (Il. 3.351), ὕπνε ἄναξ πάντων τε θεῶν πάντων τ᾽
ἀνθρώπων (Il. 14.233),
θεῶν ἀέκητι ἀνάκτων (Od. 12.290); of men (esp. Agamemnon),
ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν, and in general of any
man as lord and master of his possessions, ἐγὼν
οἴκοιο ἄναξ ἔσομ᾽ ἡμετέροιο | καὶ δμώων,
Od. 1.397; ἦ
σύ γ᾽ ἄνακτος | ὀφθαλμὸν
ποθέεις, ‘miss your master's eye,’ said
by the blinded Polyphemus to his ram, Od.
9.452.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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