σπαθίον
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of σπάθη (signf. 1), AP6.283; (signf. 5), POxy.1839.4 (vi A.D.); (signf. 2), Gal.2.724, al.;
A knife, scalpel, Sor.2.63; blade of a scalpel, Hippiatr.20; small blade in a machine, Hero Spir.1.42; name of a measure of capacity, ἐλαίου σ. ἓν ἐσφραγισμένον PLond. 2.236.5 (iv A.D.), cf. 3.1266 (a).7 (ii A.D.), etc.
Greek Monotonic
σπαθίον: τό, υποκορ. του σπάθη, σε Ανθ.
