hamaxostichus

Meaning

1. New Latinmasculinea train
   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.On the second of November, in the town of Duranka, not far from the city of Lycopolis (Asyut or Assiut) in Upper Egypt, a train carrying a tanker of gasoline derailed because the iron tracks, softened by heavy rains, had subsided.1994, Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, Latinitas, page 318:
   nonne hamaxostichus Birminghamiensis advenit?Did the Birmingham train not arrive?1996, George Capellanus with Peter Needham, Latin Can Be Fun, →ISBN, page 83:

Declension

Origins

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