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λόγχα

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

English (Slater)

λόγχα
   1 spear πελεμιζόμενοι ὑπ' ἀλεξιμβρότῳ λόγχᾳ i. e. spearsmanship (N. 8.30) χαλκέας λόγχας ἀκμᾷ (N. 10.60) ἀλλαλοφόνους ἐπάξαντο λόγχας ἐνὶ σφίσιν αὐτοῖς fr. 163.