hamaxostichus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ha.makˈsos.ti.kʰus/, [hämäkˈs̠ɔs̠t̪ɪkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.makˈsos.ti.kus/, [ämäkˈsɔst̪ikus]

Noun

hamaxostichus m (genitive hamaxostichī); 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.

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   • 1996, George Capellanus with Peter Needham, Latin Can Be Fun‎, →ISBN, page 83:

     nonne hamaxostichus Birminghamiensis advenit?

     Did the Birmingham train not arrive?

   • 1999, Michael Bond, Ursus nomine Paddington [A Bear by the Name of Paddington]‎, page 83:

     dum loquitur ululatu machinae vectoriae iuxta crepidinem instructae sublato hamaxostichus movebatur.

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References

• treno in Carolus Egger (ed.), Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis, Vatican City: Libraria Editoria Vaticana, 1992