ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
subs.
P. and V. πέλεκυς, ὁ (Xen. also Ar.), ἀξίνη, ἡ (Xen.).
Battle-axe: P. and V. πέλεκυς, ὁ (Xen.).
Pick-axe: Ar. and P. σμινύη, ἡ, Ar. and V. δίκελλα ἡ, μάκελλα, ἡ, V. γένυς, ἡ, τύκος, ὁ, σίδηρος, ὁ.
Unhewn by the axe, adj.: V. ἀσκέπαρνος.
