Editing Anax (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Greek word usually translated as "king"}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2024}}
{{For-multi|the genus of dragonflies|Anax (dragonfly)|the mythological figure|Anax (mythology)}}
{{Italic title}}
[[File:Ceramic_fragment_with_WANAKTI_inscription.jpg|thumb|Archaic inscription {{lang|grc|[...]Ι ϜΑΝΑΚΤΙ}} (''{{Transliteration|grc|[...]i wanakti}}'', "to the king") on ceramic fragment, here shown upside down; a warrior bearing a spear and mounted on a horse is also depicted.]]
'''{{lang|grc-Latn|Anax}}''' ([[Greek alphabet|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|ἄναξ}}; from earlier {{lang|grc|ϝάναξ}}, ''{{lang|grc-Latn|wánax}}'') is an [[ancient Greek]] word for "[[tribal chief]], lord (military) leader".<ref name=":7">{{LSJ|a)/nac|ἄναξ|ref}}.</ref> It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being [[basileus]], and is inherited from [[Mycenaean Greece]]. It is notably used in [[Homeric Greek]], e.g. for [[Agamemnon]]. The feminine form is '''''anassa''''', "queen" ({{lang|grc|ἄνασσα}}, from ''wánassa'', itself from ''*wánakt-ja'').<ref name="Beekes2">{{cite book|last=Beekes|first=Robert|title=Etymological Dictionary of Greek|publisher=Brill|others=With the assistance of Lucien van Beek.|year=2010|isbn=9789004174184|volume=1|place=Leiden, Boston|pages=98–99|chapter=[[S.v.]] {{lang|grc|ἄναξ}}|author-link=Robert S. P. Beekes|orig-year=2009}}</ref>