ἔπαλξ-ις,εως,ἡ, (ἐπαλέξω)
A. means of defence: mostly in pl.,battlements,
Il. 12.263 , Hdt. 9.7 , A. Th. 30 , 158 (lyr.), E. Ph. 1158 , etc.; τὰς ἐ. ἀπώσαντες
Th. 3.23
; αἱ οἰκίαι . . ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσι
Id. 4.69
, cf. 115 .
b. in sg., mostly,line of battlements, parapet,
Il. 12.381 ,al. (never in Od. );οἱ παρ' ἔπαλξινthe defenders of the wall, Th. 2.13 , cf. 7.28 , Ar. Ach. 72 : pl., of individualcrenellations,
Th. 3.21 .
2. generally,defence, protection,
πλούτου
A. Ag. 381
(lyr.); σωτηρίας
E. Or. 1203
, etc.