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ἐγχείη

egcheie1 · ἡ

spear, lance

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What it meant

ἐγχείη · encheiē — LSJ

spear, lance, in the spear

spear, lance, Hom., esp. in Il.: gen. pl., ἐγχειάων 5.167; ἐγχείῃ ἐκέκαστο he excelled all in the spear, 2.530.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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