σπάθη
Γάμος γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν εὐκταῖον κακόν → Conubium homini inire votivum est malum → Die Ehe ist den Menschen ein erflehtes Leid
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A any broad blade, of wood or metal: 1 flat wooden blade used by weavers in the upright loom (instead of the comb (κτείς) used in the horizontal), for striking the threads of the woof home, so as to make the web close, A.Ch.232, Philyll.12, Pl.Ly.208d; Dor. acc. pl. σπάθᾰς AP6.288 (Leon.). 2 spattle for stirring anything, Alex.60; esp. for medical purposes, Gal. 13.378, Heraclid.Tar. ap. eund.13.812. 3 blade of an oar, Lyc. 23. 4 pl., broad ribs, Poll.2.181, Ruf.Oss.25, and so prob. in Hp.Gland.14, PMag.Par.1.3116, Paul.Aeg.3.78. 5 broad blade of a sword, Χαλκίδικαι σπάθαι Alc.15.6; σπάθῃ κολούων φασγάνου E. Fr.373; σπάθην παραφαίνων . . χρυσένδετον Philem.70; χλαμὺς καὶ σ. (cf. Ital. capa e spada) Men.Pk.165, Sam.314, cf. Thphr.Char.25.4. 6 scraper for currying horses, PSI4.430.6 (iii B.C.), Poll.1.185. 7 stem of a palm-frond, Hdt.7.69: also spathe of the flower in many plants, esp. of the palm kind, Thphr.HP2.6.6, 2.8.4, Poll. 1.244. 8 pl., flukes of an anchor, PLond.3.1164 (h).9 (iii A.D.). 9 pl.,= ἀγκῶνες 11.1, in machines, Orib.49.4.10.
