αἰχμή
αἰχμ-ή,
ἡ,( Aeol.
αἴχμα AB 1095 )
A). point of a spear,
πάροιθε δὲ λάμπετο δουρὸς αἰ. χαλκείη Il. 6.320 ;
αἰ. ἔγχεος 16.315 .
b). metaph. of the trident of Poseidon,
A. Pr. 925 .
3). war, battle,
κακῶς ἡ αἰ. ἑστήκεε the
war went ill,
Hdt. 7.152 ;
παρμένοντας αἰχμᾷ standing their ground in
battle,
Pi. P. 8.40 ;
θηρῶν with wild beasts,
E. HF 158 .
4). metaph. of plague,
sharpness,
βρωτῆρας αἰ.
A. Eu. 803 .
III). warlike spirit,
αἰ. νέων θάλλει Terp. 6 ;
θρέψε δ’ αἰχμὰν Ἀμφιτρύωνος Pi. N. 10.13 ;
γυναικὸς αἰ. a woman's
temper,
A. Ag. 483 (lyr.), cf.
Ch. 630 (lyr.; but perh. =
rule, cf.
Pr. 406 ). (Cf. Lith.
jiešmas 'spit'.)
ShortDef
the point of a spear
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
αἰχμή
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αιχμη
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-2802
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">αἰχμ-ή</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,( Aeol. <span class="orth greek">αἴχμα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AB</span> 1095 </span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">point of a spear</span>, <span class="quote greek">πάροιθε δὲ λάμπετο δουρὸς αἰ. χαλκείη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:320" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.320/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 6.320 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἰ. ἔγχεος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:315" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.315/canonical-url/"> 16.315 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">point</span>, of arrows, <span class="foreign greek">τοξουλκὸς αἰ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:239" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:239/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 239 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀγκίστρου, κεράων</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:216" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.216/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 1.216 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:451" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.451/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">C.</span> 2.451 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spear</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.45 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">δαμασίμβροτος αἰ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 9.79 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς τὴν αἰχμὴν ἐτράπετο</span> took to his <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spear</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.78 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">αἰχμῇ εἷλε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with the spear</span>, i.e. in war, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 5.94 </a>; otherwise rare in Prose, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:6:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:6:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 4.6.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> metaph. of the trident of Poseidon, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:925" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:925/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 925 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">body of spear-bearers</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.19 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:276" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:276/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 276 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">war, battle</span>, <span class="foreign greek">κακῶς ἡ αἰ. ἑστήκεε</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">war</span> went ill, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.152/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.152 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">παρμένοντας αἰχμᾷ</span> standing their ground in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">battle</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 8.40 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">θηρῶν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with</span> wild beasts, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 158 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> metaph. of plague, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sharpness</span>, <span class="foreign greek">βρωτῆρας αἰ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:803" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:803/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 803 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">warlike spirit</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἰ. νέων θάλλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0299.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0299.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Terp.</span> 6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θρέψε δ’ αἰχμὰν Ἀμφιτρύωνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 10.13 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γυναικὸς αἰ</span>. a woman\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">temper</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:483" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:483/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 483 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:630" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:630/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 630 </a> (lyr.; but perh. = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rule</span>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:406" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:406/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 406 </a>). (Cf. Lith. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jiešmas</span> \'spit\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}