Ἁστυάναξ

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COMPOUND: Ἁστυάναξ, -ακτος
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+N]
MEANING: ‘Astyanax’
ETYMOLOGY: ἄστυ ‘town’ + ἄναξ ‘lord, king’
OCCURRENCE: Il. VI, 403; XXII, 500, 506
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., acc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric (right-headed)
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-N) – tatpuruṣa (N-governing)
NOTES: in Hom. only PN as Astyanax the son of Hector. Outside Homer also ‘lord of the city’ as an ep. of certain gods.