ἔπαλξ-ις, εως, ἡ,
(ἐπαλέξω) means of defence: mostly in plural, battlements, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.263, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.7, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 30, 158 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1158, etc.; τὰς ἐ. ἀπώσαντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23; αἱ οἰκίαι.. ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσι [prev. author] 4.69, compare 115. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__b in singular, mostly, line of battlements, parapet, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.381, +others (never in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ παρ᾽ ἔπαλξιν the defenders of the wall, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, compare 7.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 72 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, of individual crenellations, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.21. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, defence, protection, πλούτου [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 381 (Lyric poetry); σωτηρίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1203, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 court for trial of homicide, [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 353.26, “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 243. ] Refs]