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πέλεκυς (pelekus) a hewing axe ^G:N-N

πέλεκυς, εως,

Ionic dialect εος (not πελέκυος [Refs 2nd c.AD+], ὁ, accusative πέλεκυν [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect πελέκεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—two-edged axe for felling trees, opposed to ἡμιπέλεκκον (which see), π... χάλκεος, ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἀκαχμένος [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 battle-axe, πελέκεσσι καὶ ἀξίνῃσι μάχοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; sacrificial axe, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; executioner's axe, [Refs]; Τενέδιος π., proverbial of impartial and over-harsh justice, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; or of summary justice by 'cutting the knot', from the story of Tennes, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τοὺς π. ἀπέλυσε τῶν ῥάβδων took the axes from the fasces of the lictors, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 as an image of perseverance, κραδίη π. ὣς.. ἀτειρής [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4 “ἀσκός, π.” in a child's game, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 nickname in [Refs]; compare πρίων.
__6 coin in Cyprus, probably in [Refs] H.; compare πέλεκυ.
__II a geometrical figure, like the head of a double axe, title of [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit paraśús; loanword from Bab. pila[kudot][kudot], Sumer. balag 'axe'.) [The ῠ of nominative and accusative singular is in [Refs 8th c.BC+]