πέλεκυς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, Ion. εος (not <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> πελέκυος Hdn. Gr.<span class="bibl">2.707</span>), ὁ, acc. πέλεκυν <span class="bibl">Od.5.234</span>, etc. : dat. pl. [[πελέκεσι]], Ep. πελέκεσσι <span class="bibl">Il. 13.391</span> :—two-edged [[axe]] for felling trees, opp. [[ἡμιπέλεκκον]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), π… χάλκεος, ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἀκαχμένος <span class="bibl">Od.5.234</span>; ὑλοτόμους πελέκεας <span class="bibl">Il.23.114</span>; ἐξέταμον πελέκεσσι νεήκεσι <span class="bibl">13.391</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>7.36</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>4.263</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>472.6</span> (anap.); π. ξυλοκό πος <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.36</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[battle-axe]], πελέκεσσι καὶ ἀξίνῃσι μάχοντο <span class="bibl">Il.15.711</span>; οὐ δόρασι μάχεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ πελέκεσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.135</span>; πελέκεως δίστομος γένυς <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Fr.</span>530.5</span>; [[sacrificial axe]], <span class="bibl">Il.17.520</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.442</span>; [[executioner's axe]], <span class="bibl">Trag.Adesp.412</span>; [[Τενέδιος πέλεκυς]], [[proverb|prov.]] of [[impartial]] and over-[[harsh]] [[justice]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Fr.</span>593</span>; or of summary justice by 'cutting the knot', from the story of Tennes, St.Byz. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[Τένεδος]] (also <b class="b3">ὁ Τέννου πέλεκυς</b> <span class="bibl">Conon 28</span>); <b class="b3">τοὺς πέλεκεις ἀπέλυσε τῶν ῥάβδων</b> took the [[axe]]s from the [[fasces]] of the [[lictor]]s, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Publ.</span>10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.6.53.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> as an image of perseverance, κραδίη π. ὣς… ἀτειρής <span class="bibl">Il.3.60</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> "[[ἀσκός]], [[πέλεκυς]]" in a child's [[game]], <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span>5.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> nickname in <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>824; cf. [[πρίων]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[coin]] in [[Cyprus]], prob. in <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span> 135.26 H.; cf. [[πέλεκυ]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a geometrical figure, [[like the head of a double axe]], title of <span class="title">AP</span>15.22 (Simm.). (Cf. Skt. paraśús; loanword from Bab. pilaḳḳ, Sumer. balag 'axe'.) [The ῠ of nom. and acc. sg. is in Hom. sometimes lengthd., <span class="bibl">Il.3.60</span>, <span class="bibl">17.520</span> : acc. pl. [[πελέκεας]] is in Hom. always trisyll., .]</span>