hamaxostichus

Latin

Etymology

Coined in the 20th century from Ancient Greek ἅμαξα (hámaxa, “waggon”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “a row or file (of soldiers)”, “a line (of poetry)”).

Noun

hamaxostichus m (genitive hamaxostichi); second declension

  1. (New Latin) a train
    • 1994, Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, Latinitas‎, page 318:
      Die II mensis Novembris ad oppidum Duranka, haud procul ab urbe Lycopoli ( Asyut vel Assiut) in Superiore Aegypto positum, hamaxostichus, benzini exceptoria vehens, exorbitavit, quod via ferrata, magnis pluviis mollita, consederat.
    • 1996, George Capellanus and Peter Needham, Latin Can Be Fun‎, page 83:
      nonne hamaxostichus Birminghamiensis advenit?
    • 1999, Michael Bond, Ursus nomine Paddington‎, page 83:
      dum loquitur ululatu machinae vectoriae iuxta crepidinem instructae sublato hamaxostichus movebatur.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative hamaxostichus hamaxostichī
genitive hamaxostichī hamaxostichōrum
dative hamaxostichō hamaxostichīs
accusative hamaxostichum hamaxostichōs
ablative hamaxostichō hamaxostichīs
vocative hamaxostiche hamaxostichī

Synonyms

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