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λαγκία

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: lankía Transliteration B: lankia Transliteration C: lagkia Beta Code: lagki/a

English (LSJ)

ἡ, Lat. lancea, D.S.5.30:—hence λαγκιάριος, ὁ, lancearius, CIG4004 (Iconium), Lyd.Mag.1.46.

German (Pape)

[Seite 3] ἡ, die Lanze, lancea, nach D. Sic. 5, 30 gallisch.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

λαγκία: ἡ (лат. lancea) копье Diod., Plut.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λαγκία: ἡ, τὸ Λατ. lancea, λόγχη, Διόδ. 5. 30· λαγκιάριος, ὁ, λογχοφόρος, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 4004, Ἰω. Λυδ. 157, 22, Ἰω. Μαλαλ. 303, 3.

Greek Monolingual

λαγκία, ἡ (AM)
μσν.
1. λόγχη
2. χτύπημα με λόγχη
αρχ.
ως επίθ. (για λόγχη) πλατιά («προβάλλονται δὲ λόγχας, ἅς ἐκεῖνοι λαγκίας, πηχυαίας τῷ μήκει τοῦ σιδήρου, καὶ ἔτι μείζω τὰ ἐπιθήματα ἐχούσας», Διόδ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λατ. lancea «λόγχη»].