αἰχμή — Middle Liddell

αἰχμή ἀκή I, or ἀΐσσω the point of a spear, Lat. cuspis, Il., etc. a spear, Il., etc.; τοξουλκὸς αἰχμή, of an arrow, Aesch. a body of spearmen, Pind., Eur.; cf. ἀσπίς. war, battle, κακῶς ἡ αἰχμὴ ἐστήκεε the war went ill, Hdt. warlike spirit, mettle, Pind.; so, in Aesch., γυναικὸς or γυναικεία αἰχμά seems to be a womanʼs spirit. a sceptre, Aesch.

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the point of a spear

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Headword:

αἰχμή

Headword (normalized):

αἰχμή

Headword (normalized/stripped):

αιχμη

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IDX:

959

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n959

Key:

ai)xmh/

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