- ἔγχος
- ἔγχοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `spear, lance' (Il.), also `weapon' in gen. (Pi., S.); on the meaning Schwyzer Glotta 12, 11, Trümpy Fachausdrücke 52ff.Compounds: As 1st member in ἐγχέσ-παλος `speardrilling' (Hom.), -φόρος `carrying a spear' (Pi.); ἐγχεσί-μωρος (s. v.); after it -μαργος ἔγχει μαινόμενος H., EM, -χειρες pl. `weaponed with a spear' (Orph. Fr. 285, 18).Derivatives: Also ἐγχείη (Hom.), after ἐλεγχείη : ἔλεγχος, ὀνειδείη : ὄνειδος etc. (Chantr. Form. 86f., Schwyzer 469). Diff. Kalén GHÅ 24 (1918) : 1, 54ff. (old dual [?]); Tovar Emerita 11, 431ff. [?]. - Unclear is Έγχώ ἡ Σεμέλη οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: No etymology. Schwyzer Glotta 12, 10ff. (to ἀκαχμένος). S. also Tovar l. c. Probably Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,440-441
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