αἰχμή
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.