anvil
From LSJ
πάτερ, ἄφες αὐτοῖς, οὐ γὰρ οἴδασιν τί ποιοῦσιν → father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
V. ἄκμων, ὁ (Sophocles, Fragment).
as with a blow upon an anvil, swinging his club above his head, he brought it down upon the child's flaxen head: V. μυδρόκτυπον μίμημ' ὑπὲρ κάρα βαλών ξύλον καθῆκε παιδὸς ἐς ξανθὸν κάρα (Sophocles, Fragment).
