ἀνάσσω (ϝάναξ), ipf. ἄνασσε,
ἤνασσε, fut. ἀνάξω, mid.
aor. inf. ἀνάξασθαι: be king,
lord, or master of, rule over, reign, said of
both gods and men; τινός or τινί (dat. of interest), and freq. w. μετά, sometimes ἐν; abs., of Nestor, τρὶς γὰρ δή
μιν φᾶσιν ἀνάξασθαι γένἐ ἀνδρῶν (γένεα, acc. of time), Od.
3.245; pass., ἀνάσσονται δ᾽ ἐμοὶ
αὐτῷ, ‘by me,’ Od. 4.177.