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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[any broad blade]], of wood or metal: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[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, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>232</span>, <span class="bibl">Philyll.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>208d</span>; Dor. acc. pl. σπάθᾰς <span class="title">AP</span>6.288 (Leon.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[spattle]] for stirring anything, <span class="bibl">Alex.60</span>; esp. for medical purposes, Gal. 13.378, Heraclid.Tar. ap. eund.13.812. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[blade of an oar]], Lyc. 23. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> pl., [[broad ribs]], <span class="bibl">Poll.2.181</span>, Ruf.<span class="title">Oss.</span>25, and so prob. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Gland.</span>14</span>, <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.3116, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.3.78</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[broad blade of a sword]], Χαλκίδικαι σπάθαι <span class="bibl">Alc.15.6</span>; σπάθῃ κολούων φασγάνου <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Fr.</span>373</span>; σπάθην παραφαίνων . . χρυσένδετον <span class="bibl">Philem.70</span>; <b class="b3">χλαμὺς καὶ σ</b>. (cf. Ital. [[capa e spada]]) <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>165</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sam.</span>314</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>25.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[scraper for currying horses]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.430.6</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Poll.1.185</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b2">stem of a palm-frond</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.69</span>: also [[spathe of the flower]] in many plants, esp. of the palm kind, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.6.6</span>, <span class="bibl">2.8.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll. 1.244</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> pl., [[flukes]] of an anchor, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.1164</span> ([[h]]).<span class="bibl">9</span> (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> pl.,= ἀγκῶνες <span class="bibl">11.1</span>, in machines, <span class="bibl">Orib.49.4.10</span>.</span>