Ἰλιάς (2.543)

αἰχμητής

spearman, warrior, esp. opp. to archers, Il. 2.543, Od. 2.19, al., Archil. 119, cj. in Alcm. 68, etc.

δορίμαχος

fighting with the spear, ἀρετά Tim. Fr. 14; Ion. δουρίμᾰχος Orac. ap. Sch. Il. 2.543.

μέμονα

2 to be minded, purpose, intend: c. pres. inf., οὔ ῥά τʼ ἀπείρητος μέμονε σταθμοῖο δίεσθαι has no mind to be chased, Il. 12.304; ἀλλʼ ἄνα, εἰ μέμονάς γε καὶ ὀψέ περ υἷας Ἀχαιῶν τειρομένους ἐρύεσθαι (perh. fut. inf.) 9.247; ποσσῆμαρ μέμονας κτερεϊζέμεν Ἕκτορα δῖον; 24.657; ἢ καταλείψουσιν . . ἦε μένειν μεμάᾱσι 22.384, cf. 10.208, 409, Od. 5.375: c. aor. inf., πῇ τʼ ἂρ μέμονας καταδῦναι ὅμιλον; Il. 13.307; εἰ . . μέματον καταδῦναι ὅμιλον 10.433: c. fut. inf., sts. with sense of hoping, expecting, presuming, πῶς δὲ σὺ νῦν μέμονας, κύον ἀδεές, ἀντίʼ ἐμεῖο στήσεσθαι; 21.481; ἀλλʼ ἄγε, πῶς μέμονας πόλεμον καταπαυσέμεν ἀνδρῶν; 7.36, cf. 2.543, 12.197, 200, 218; οὕτω δὴ μέμονας Τρώων πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν καλλείψειν ( ἐκπέρσειν Zenod.); 14.88, cf. 15.105; μέμονέν τε μάλιστα μητέρʼ ἐμὴν γαμέειν καὶ Ὀδυσσῆος γέρας ἕξειν Od. 15.521; σίτῳ ἐπιχειρήσειν μεμαῶτες 24.395: c. acc. cogn., μέμονεν δʼ ὅ γε ἶσα θεοῖσι deems himself a match for . . , Il. 21.315; τί μέμονας; what wishest thou ? A. Th. 686 (lyr.): c. gen., μεμαυἶ ἔριδος καὶ ἀϋτῆς Il. 5.732; μεμαότε θούριδος ἀλκῆς mindful of . . , 13.197 (cf. μεδώμεθα θούριδος ἀλκῆς 5.718); ἦ τινα καὶ Δαναῶν, ἀλκῆς μάλα περ μεμαῶτα, σχήσω ἀμυνέμεναι 17.181 (unless ἀλκῆς goes only with σχήσω), cf. 9.655, 20.256, Od. 22.172: abs., διχθὰ δέ μοι κραδίη μέμονε Il. 16.435; δίδυμα μέμονε φρήν E. IT 655 (lyr.).

ὀρέγδην

by reaching out, Sch. Il. 2.543, Hsch. s.v. ὀρεκτῇσι μελίῃσι.

ὀρεκτός

stretched out, ὀ. μελίαι pikes to be used for thrusting, Il. 2.543 ; so ὀρεκτὸν δόρυ pike, opp. παλτόν (javelin), Str. 10.1.12.

αἰχμητής

αἰχμητής -οῦ, ὁ [αἰχμάζω.] Also αἰχμητά̆ Il. 5.197 (prob. orig. a voc. turned into a nom.). 1 A spearman as opposed to warriors otherwise armed: Ἄβαντες ἕποντο, αἰχμηταί Il. 2.543. 2 In gen., a warrior Il. 1.152, Il. 2.846, Il. 3.179, Il. 4.87, Il. 6.97 = 278, Il. 8.33 = 464, 472, Il. 12.419, Il. 17.588, 740: Od. 11.559, Od. 24.81. 3 With implied notion of stoutness or skill: αἰχμητὴν ἔθεσαν θεοί Il. 1.290. Cf. Il. 3.49, Il. 5.197, 602 = Il. 16.493 = Il. 22.269, Il. 5.706, Il. 7.281, Il. 11.739, Il. 12.128, Il. 13.171: χεῖρας αἰχυητὴν ἔμεναι καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν (in strength of hands and wise counsel) Od. 16.242. Cf. Od. 2.19.

†μάω

†μάω 2 dual pf. μέματον Il. 8.413, Il. 10.433. 1 pl. μέμαμεν Il. 9.641, Il. 15.105. 2 pl. μέματε Il. 7.160. 3 pl. μεμάασι Il. 10.208, 236, 409, Il. 20.165, Il. 22.384 : Od. 4.700, 740, Od. 5.18, Od. 17.520, Od. 20.215, Od. 22.263. 3 imp. μεμάτω Il. 4.304, Il. 20.355. Pple. μεμᾶώς Il. 4.40, Il. 5.135, Il. 11.239, Il. 13.137, Il. 18.156, Il. 21.65, Il. 22.36, etc. : Od. 5.375, Od. 19.231, 449. μεμαώς Il. 16.754. Genit. μεμᾶῶτος Il. 8.118. Dat. μεμᾶῶτι Il. 13.80, 317, Il. 22.284. Acc. μεμᾶῶτα Il. 1.590, Il. 7.261, Il. 8.327, Il. 11.95, Il. 14.375, Il. 17.181, Il. 20.256, Il. 24.298, etc. : Od. 4.351, 416, Od. 11.210. Nom. dual μεμᾶῶτε Il. 5.569, Il. 6.120, Il. 20.159, Il. 22.243, Il. 23.814. μεμαότε Il. 13.197. Acc. μεμᾶῶτε Il. 5.244, Il. 13.46, Il. 16.555, Il. 17.531. Nom. pl. μεμᾶῶτες Il. 2.473, Il. 3.9, Il. 13.40, Il. 17.727, etc. : Od. 15.183, Od. 20.50, Od. 24.395. μεμαότες Il. 2.818. Dat. μεμᾶῶσι Il. 12.200, 218. Acc. μεμᾶῶτας Il. 9.361, Il. 15.276 : Od. 22.172. Fem. μεμαυῖα Il. 4.440, Il. 5.518, Il. 14.298, Il. 15.83, etc. : Od. 13.389, Od. 16.171. Acc. μεμαυῖαν Il. 4.73, Il. 19.349, Il. 22.186 : Od. 17.286, Od. 24.487. Nom. pl. μεμαυῖαι Il. 5.779, Il. 11.615. 3 pl. plupf. μέμασαν Il. 2.863, Il. 7.3, Il. 8.56, Il. 12.89, 197, Il. 13.135, 337 : Od. 11.315. Pf. μέμονα Il. 5.482. 2 sing. μέμονας Il. 7.36, Il. 9.247, Il. 13.307, Il. 14.88, Il. 21.481, Il. 24.657. 3 sing. μέμονε Il. 12.304, Il. 16.435, Il. 18.176, Il. 21.315 : Od. 15.521, Od. 20.15. (For the forms cf. γέγαα, γέγονα under γίγνομαι A.) (ἐμ-.) 1 To be eager, anxious or ready : ἐπεὶ μεμάασί γε πολλοί (are ready to volunteer) Il. 10.236, μέμονεν ἶσα θεοῖσιν (his heart swells like that of a god) Il. 21.315. 2 To be eager, anxious or ready, show eagerness, anxiety or readiness, strive or struggle, to do something, to be bent or set on doing something. With pres. or aor. infin. : μέμασαν μάχεσθαι Il. 2.863, διαπραθέειν μεμαῶτες Il. 9.532. Cf. Il. 1.590, Il. 4.40, 304 (be carried away by his eagerness), Il. 5.852, Il. 13.182, Il. 18.156, Il. 22.413, etc. : Od. 4.351, Od. 5.18, Od. 11.210, Od. 17.520, Od. 20.15, etc. With fut. infin. : μέμασαν τεῖχος ῥήξειν Il. 12.197. Cf. Il. 2.543, Il. 12.200, 218 : Od. 15.521, Od. 24.395. 3 To be eager for. With genit. : μεμαῶτα μάχης Il. 9.655, μεμαότε ἀλκῆς (eager to display ...) Il. 13.197. Cf. Il. 5.732, Il. 17.181, Il. 20.256. 4 In pple. without construction a Eager to be doing, keen for action, in eager course, pressing on, bent or set on doing something : μεμαότες ἐγχείῃσιν (with their spears, i.e. eager to use them) Il. 2.818, Ἔρις ἄμοτον μεμαυῖα Il. 4.440, στυφέλιξέ μιν μεμαῶτα (checked his fury) Il. 7.261. Cf. Il. 4.73, Il. 8.327, Il. 13.46, Il. 15.604, Il. 24.298, etc. : Od. 4.416 (struggling), Od. 13.389, Od. 22.172, Od. 24.487. Applied to the insistent hungry belly Od. 17.286. b Eagerly, with eager haste, speed, alacrity or zeal : βῆ ῥρʼ ἀνʼ ὁδὸν μεμαώς Il. 10.339. Cf. Il. 5.143, Il. 11.239, 258, Il. 13.40, Il. 15.83, Il. 16.754, Il. 21.174, etc. : ἤϊξαν πεδίονδε μεμαῶτες Od. 15.183. 5 To hasten, speed : πῇ μέματον; (whither away so fast?) Il. 8.413. Cf. Il. 11.615, Il. 14.298. 6 To be minded or inclined, to purpose, design : διχθά μοι κραδίη μέμονεν (I am in two minds) Il. 16.435. With pres. or aor. infin. : πῇ μέμονας καταδῦναι ὅμιλον; Il. 13.307, ἦε μένειν μεμάασιν Il. 22.384. Cf. Il. 7.160, Il. 10.208 = 409, Il. 10.433, Il. 12.304, Il. 24.657 : Od. 11.315. With fut. infin. : πῶς μέμονας πόλεμον καταπαυσέμεν; Il. 7.36. Cf. Il. 9.247, Il. 14.88, Il. 15.105, Il. 21.481 (presume to . . .).

μελίη

μελίη -ης, ἡ, 1 The ash: φηγόν τε μελίην τε Il. 16.767. Cf. Il. 13.178. 2 A spear with shaft of ash, a spear in gen. Il. 2.543, Il. 16.143= Il. 19.390, Il. 20.277, 322, Il. 21.162, 169, 174, Il. 22.133, 225, 328 : Od. 14.281, Od. 22.259 = 276.

ὀρεκτός

ὀρεκτός -ή, -όν [ὀρεκ-, ὀρέγω.] Of spears, held out or presented for action : μελίῃσιν Il. 2.543.