λόγχ-η(A),ἡ,
A. spear-head, Hdt. 7.69 ; λ. δορός
S. Tr. 856
, E. Tr. 1318 (both lyr.): also in pl. of a single spear,the point with its barbs,τὸ ξυστὸν τῇσι λόγχῃσι ἐὸν ὁμοίως χρύσεονthe shaft alike withthe spear-head, Hdt. 1.52 , etc.; λόγχαι δ' ἐκαυλίζοντο καὶ ξυστὴ κάμαξ
Ar. Fr. 404
, cf. X. Cyn. 10.3 (where the shaft isῥάβδος); οἱ κνώδοντες τῆς λόγχηςthe barbsof the spear-head, ib. 16 .
2. lance-shaped birth-mark,
Trag.Adesp. 84 .
II. lance, spear, javelin, Batr. 129 ; χαλκέας λόγχας ἀκμᾷ
Pi. N. 10.60
, cf. S. Tr. 512 (lyr.), etc.: metaph., ὀμμάτων ἄπο λόγχας ἵησιν
Id. Fr. 157
;λόγχας ἐσθίων, prov. of a bragging coward, a 'fire-eater', Timocl. 12.5 .
III. troop of spearmen, ξὺν ἑπτὰ λόγχαις