αἰχμάζω
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
Ep. fut. -άσσω,
A throw the spear, αἰχμὰς αἰχμάσσουσι Il.4.324; ἔνδον αἰχμάζειν play the warrior at home, A.Pers.756; αἰχμάσαι τάδε to perform these feats of arms, S.Tr.355; 'trail a pike', Men. Sam.284. II arm with the spear, πρὸς Ἀτρείδαισιν ᾔχμασας χέρα S.Aj.97: metaph. of general's speech, ἀ. τὴν διάνοιαν Onos.1.13. III wound, Nonn.D.35.178 s.v.l.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἰχμάζω: μέλλ. -άσω, βάλλω, ῥίπτω τὴν αἰχμήν, ἤτοι τὴν λόγχην, τὸ δόρυ, αἰχμὰς αἰχμάζειν, Ἰλ. Δ. 324· ἔνδον αἰχμάζειν, κάμνω τὸν πολεμιστὴν ἐντὸς τῆς οἰκίας μου, Αἰσχ. Πέρσ. 756· αἰχμάσαι τάδε, ἐκτελέσαι τὴν ἐπίδειξιν ταύτην τῶν ὅπλων, Σοφ. Τραχ. 355. ΙΙ. ὁπλίζω μετὰ δόρατος, λόγχης, πρὸς Ἀτρείδαισιν ᾔχμασας χέρα, (ἀλλὰ κατὰ Musgrave ᾕμαξας) Σοφ. Αἴ. 97.
