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λόγχ-η

logche1 · ἡ

spear-head

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λόγχ-η · lonch-ē — LSJ

spear-head, the point with its barbs, the spear-head, of the spear-head

spear-head, Hdt. 7.69; λ. δορός S. Tr. 856, E. Tr. 1318 (both lyr.): also in pl. of a single spear, the point with its barbs, τὸ ξυστὸν τῇσι λόγχῃσι ἐὸν ὁμοίως χρύσεον the shaft alike with the spear-head, Hdt. 1.52, etc.; λόγχαι δʼ ἐκαυλίζοντο καὶ ξυστὴ κάμαξ Ar. Fr. 404, cf. X. Cyn. 10.3 (where the shaft is ῥάβδος) ; οἱ κνώδοντες τῆς λόγχης the barbs of the spear-head, ib. 16.

2 lance-shaped birth-mark

lance-shaped birth-mark, Trag.Adesp. 84.

II lance, spear, javelin

lance, spear, javelin, Batr. 129; χαλκέας λόγχας ἀκμᾷ Pi. N. 10.60, cf. S. Tr. 512 (lyr.), etc.: metaph., ὀμμάτων ἄπο λόγχας ἵησιν Id. Fr. 157; λόγχας ἐσθίων, prov. of a bragging coward, a ‘fire-eater’, Timocl. 12.5.

III troop of spearmen

troop of spearmen, ξὺν ἑπτὰ λόγχαις S. OC 1312, cf. Ant. 119 (lyr.); μυρίαν ἄγων λόγχην E. Ph. 442; λόγχης ἀριθμῷ πλείονος κρατούμεναι Id. Fr. 286.12; χωρεῖτε, λόγχη Id. Cret. 45.

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