πέλεκυς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=πελέκεως, Ion. πελέκεος (not<br><span class="bld">A</span> πελέκυος Hdn. Gr.2.707), ὁ, acc. πέλεκυν Od.5.234, etc.: dat. pl. [[πελέκεσι]], Ep. [[πελέκεσσι]] Il. 13.391:—[[two-edged]] [[axe]] for [[felling]] trees, opp. [[ἡμιπέλεκκον]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), π… [[χάλκεος]], ἀμφοτέρωθεν [[ἀκαχμένος]] Od.5.234; ὑλοτόμους πελέκεας Il.23.114; ἐξέταμον πελέκεσσι νεήκεσι 13.391, cf. Pi. ''O.''7.36, ''P.''4.263, E.''Fr.''472.6 (anap.); π. ξυλοκό πος [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.2.36, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[battle-axe]], πελέκεσσι καὶ ἀξίνῃσι μάχοντο Il.15.711; οὐ δόρασι μάχεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ πελέκεσι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.135; πελέκεως δίστομος γένυς E. ''Fr.''530.5; [[sacrificial axe]], Il.17.520, Od.3.442; [[executioner's axe]], Trag.Adesp.412; [[Τενέδιος πέλεκυς]], [[proverb|prov.]] of [[impartial]] and over-[[harsh]] [[justice]], Arist. ''Fr.''593; or of summary justice by 'cutting the knot', from the story of Tennes, St.Byz. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[Τένεδος]] (also <b class="b3">ὁ Τέννου πέλεκυς</b> Conon 28); <b class="b3">τοὺς πέλεκεις ἀπέλυσε τῶν ῥάβδων</b> took the [[axe]]s from the [[fasces]] of the [[lictor]]s, Plu. ''Publ.''10, cf. Plb.6.53.8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> as an image of perseverance, κραδίη π. ὣς… ἀτειρής Il.3.60.<br><span class="bld">4</span> "[[ἀσκός]], [[πέλεκυς]]" in a child's [[game]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''5.5.<br><span class="bld">5</span> nickname in ''Com.Adesp.''824; cf. [[πρίων]].<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[coin]] in [[Cyprus]], prob. in ''Inscr.Cypr.'' 135.26 H.; cf. [[πέλεκυ]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> a geometrical figure, [[like the head of a double axe]], title of ''AP''15.22 (Simm.). (Cf. Skt. paraśús; loanword from Bab. pilaḳḳ, Sumer. balag 'axe'.) [The ῠ of nom. and acc. sg. is in Hom. sometimes lengthened, Il.3.60, 17.520: acc. pl. [[πελέκεας]] is in Hom. always trisyll.,.]