ἡμιπέλεκκον
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English (LSJ)
τό,
A half-axe, i.e. one-edged axe (the πέλεκυς being double-edged), Il.23.851,858,883.
