πέλεκῠς, εως,
Ionic dialect εος (not πελέκυος [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 2.707)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], ὁ, accusative πέλεκυν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.234, etc.: _dative_ _plural_ πελέκεσι] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect πελέκεσσι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.391 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—two-edged axe for felling trees, opposed to ἡμιπέλεκκον (which see), π... χάλκεος, ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἀκαχμένος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.234; ὑλοτόμους πελέκεας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.114; ἐξέταμον πελέκεσσι νεήκεσι 13.391, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.36, “P.” 4.263, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 472.6 (_anapaest meter_); π. ξυλοκό πος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.36, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 battle-axe, πελέκεσσι καὶ ἀξίνῃσι μάχοντο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.711; οὐ δόρασι μάχεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ πελέκεσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.135; πελέκεως δίστομος γένυς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 530.5 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; sacrificial axe, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.520, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.442 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; executioner's axe, [[ Trag.Adesp. 412 ] Refs]; Τενέδιος π., proverbial of impartial and over-harsh justice, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 593 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; or of summary justice by 'cutting the knot', from the story of Tennes, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius see at {Τένεδος} (also ὁ Τέννου π. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Conon Historicus 28) ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τοὺς π. ἀπέλυσε τῶν ῥάβδων took the axes from the fasces of the lictors, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 10, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.53.8. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]