Lexical Definition

‎λόγχη‎ lónchē (long'-khay) spear ^G:N-F
perhaps a primary word

spear.

• a "lance"

Abbott-Smith

λόγχη, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX for רֹמַח, etc.;]
1. a spear-head.
2. a lance, spear: Mt 27:49 (|[WH]|, R, mg.), Jo 19:34.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

λόγχη-η, ἡ,

__A spear-head, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural of a single spear, the point with its barbs, τὸ ξυστὸν τῇσι λόγχηῃσι ἐὸν ὁμοίως χρύσεον the shaft alike with the spear-head, [λόγχηαι δ᾽ ἐκαυλίζοντο καὶ ξυστὴ κάμαξ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 404, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.3 (where the shaft is ῥάβδος)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ κνώδοντες τῆς λόγχηης the barbs of the spear-head, [Refs]
__A.2 lance-shaped birth-mark, [Refs]
__A.II lance, spear, javelin, [λόγχηας ἀκμᾷ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.60, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 512 (Lyric poetry), etc.: \_metaphorically\_, ὀμμάτων ἄπο λόγχηας ἵησιν [prev. author] “fragment” 157 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγχηας ἐσθίων, proverbial of a bragging coward, a 'fire-eater', [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.III troop of spearmen, ξὺν ἑπτὰ λόγχηαις [λόγχηην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 442; λόγχηης ἀριθμῷ πλείονος κρατούμεναι [prev. author] “fragment” 286.12; χωρεῖτε, λόγχηη [prev. author] “Cretan dialect” 45. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]