μαχαίριον

αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)

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Transliteration A: machaírion	Transliteration B: machairion	Transliteration C: machairion	Beta Code: maxai/rion

English (LSJ)

τό, = foreg., X.An.4.7.16, Men.765, PEleph.5.13 (iii B. C.), Str.12.2.10;

A surgeon's or barber's knife, Hp.Medic.6,7, Arist. GA789b13, Metaph.1061a4, Com.Adesp.327, Plu.Brut.13, Ruf.Ren. Ves.12.12.