COMPOUND: ἀμαξιτός, -οῦ
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+V+Suf.]
MEANING: ‘highway’, lit. ‘road traversed by wagons’
ETIMOLOGY: ἄμαξα ‘wagon’ + verbal root ἰ- (εἶμι) ‘go’ + suf. -τός
OCCURRENCE: Il. XXII, 146
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. f. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinative (complement-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: adjectival compound used as noun in Homer (the noun ὁδός is understood); lack of aspiration due to Ionic psilosis