ἔπαλξις

epalxis

means of defence

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 10
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Book 12 9
Chapter ?

12258
12263
12308
12375
12381
12397
12406
12424
12430
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

223

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔπαλξις, εως, ἡ, (ἐπαλέξω) A. means of defence: mostly in pl., battlements, Il. 12.263, Hdt. 9.7, A. Th. 30,158 (lyr.), E. Ph. 1158, etc.; τὰς ἐ. ἀπώσαντες Th. 3.23; αἱ οἰκίαι . . ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσι Id. 4.69, cf. 115. b. in sg., mostly, line of battlements, parapet, Il. 12.381,al. (never in Od.); οἱ παρʼ ἔπαλξιν the defenders of the wall, Th. 2.13, cf. 7.28, Ar. Ach. 72: pl., of individual crenellations, Th. 3.21. 2. generally, defence, protection, πλούτου A. Ag. 381 (lyr.); σωτηρίας E. Or. 1203, etc. 3. court for trial of homicide, EM 353.26, AB 243.

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