ἀξῑν-η, ἡ,
axe-head, ἀξίνην ἐΰχαλκον ἐλαΐνῳ ἀμφὶ πελέκκῳ[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.612. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 battle-axe (explanation as δίστομος πέλεκυς by [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus), [prev. work] 15.711, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.64. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 axe for hewing wood, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.12, NT.Matt.3.10, NT.Luke.3.9] NT+5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Gothic aqizi, O[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] æx, Latin ascia (from *acsia).)