- λόγχη
- λόγχ-η (A), ἡ,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 δ' 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.OC1312
, cf. Ant.119 (lyr.);μυρίαν ἄγων λόγχην E.Ph.442
;λόγχης ἀριθμῷ πλείονος κρατούμεναι Id.Fr. 286.12
;χωρεῖτε, λόγχη Id.Cret.45
.------------------------------------λόγχ-η (B), ἡ, [dialect] Ion. for λάχος,A lot (cf. λέλογχα), Ion Hist.15, SIG1013.12 (Chios, iv B. C.), Hsch.; also λόγχαι· ἀπολαύσεις, Id.
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