knife
From LSJ
ὅπλον μέγιστόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετή βροτοῖς → man's greatest weapon is virtue, virtue is the greatest weapon for mortals
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. μάχαιρα, ἡ, κοπίς, ἡ (Xen. also Ar.).
knife for leather work: P. τομεύς, ὁ.
knife for pruning or carving: Ar. and P. σμίλη, ἡ.
sacrificial knife: V. σφαγίς, ἡ, σφαγεύς, ὁ.
dagger: Ar. and P. ξιφίδιον, τό, P. ἐγχειρίδιον, τό, P. and V. μάχαιρα, ἡ.
war to the knife: P. and V. πόλεμος ἄσπονδος, ὁ, P. πόλεμος ἀκήρυκτος, ὁ.
it is not like a wise physician to mutter charms over a wound that needs the knife: V. οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι (Sophocles, Ajax 581).
