σάρῑσα,
ἡ,
A). 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, Ov
Id. 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 .)