The corpus record
sarisa · ἡ
sarissa
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sarissa, a long pike used in the Macedonian phalanx, Thphr. HP 3.12.2, Plb. 2.69.9, 18.29.2, etc. (Freq. written σάρισσα, Ovid. Metam. 12.466, Lucan. 8.298; but σάρισα appears in most of the best codd. of Plb. 2.69, etc., and is recognized by Hdn.Gr. 1.267.)
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.