τεῦχος, εος, τό,
(τεύχω) properly tool, implement:—but mostly in plural τεύχεα,
__I implements of war, armour, arms, frequently in Epic dialect; more precisely, ἀρήϊα τεύχεα, πολεμήϊα τ., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.381, 7.193; χρύσεια, χαλκήρεα, 10.439, 15.544; ποικίλα, αἰόλα παμφανόωντα, μαρμαίροντα, 3.327, 5.295, 18.617 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; always of a warrior's whole armour, harness, ἀρήϊα τεύχεα δύω [[ 6.340, compare 7.193, +others; ἐς τεύχε᾽ ἔδυνον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.498; κατὰ τεύχε᾽ ἔδυν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.222, compare 6.504, +others; Πάτροκλον περὶ τεύχεα ἕσσε 18.451; ἀπέδυσε, ἐξεδύοντο, 4.532, 3.114, compare 13.182, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also χαλκήρεα τεύχε᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὤμων συλήσειν [[ 15.544; Ἕκτορι δ᾽ ἥρμοσε τεύχε᾽ ἐπὶ χροΐ 17.210: Trag. τεύχη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Myrm.” in “PSI” 11.1211.17, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 572, 577, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 617, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; un contraction τεύχεα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 398 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 plural also, the gear of a ship, oars and the like, ἐγκοσμεῖτε τὰ τ. νηΐ μελαίνῃ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.218; τ. δέ σφ᾽ ἀπένεικαν 16.326. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II in Trag. (rarely in Prose, see below) a vessel of any kind, e.g. bathing-tub, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1128 (Lyric poetry, Blomf. κύτει, for the sake of meter)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; cinerary urn, τεύχη καὶ σποδός [[[prev. work] 435 (Lyric poetry),compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1114, 1120, “Riv.Fil.” 57.379 (from Crete)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; balloting-urn, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 815, “Eu.” 742 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; vase for libations, [[ [prev. author] “Ch.” 99, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 168 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; vase or ewer for water, [[ [prev. author] “Hec.” 609, “Andr.” 167, Diocl.fragment 129 ] Refs]; cup, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1184 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; amphora, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 108 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; scent-pot, [[[prev. work] 180.5 (_plural_)] Refs]; matula, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 565 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; pot or jar, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξύλινα τ. chests, [[[prev. work] 7.5.14 ] Refs]; ἀλφίτων τ. a meal-barrel, [[ [prev. author] “HG” 1.7.11 ] Refs]; bee-hive, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 625a26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; capsule of a poppy, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.52. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]