Aristotle Greek Lexicon λόγχη

λόγχη

logche

spear-head

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

λόγχη (A), , A. 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, Trag.Adesp. 84. II. 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, 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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