Anax (Greek)

Anax (Greek: ἄναξ; from earlier ϝάναξ, wánax) is an ancient Greek word for "(tribal) king, lord, (military) leader". It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being basileus. Anax is the more archaic term of the two, inherited from the Mycenaean period, and is notably used in Homeric Greek, e.g. of Agamemnon. The feminine form is anassa, "queen" (ἄνασσα, ánassa; from wánassa, itself from *wánakt-ja).

The word anax derives from the stem wanakt- (nominative *ϝάνακτς, genitive ϝάνακτος), and appears in the Mycenaean language, written in Linear B script as ...
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