λογχόω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λόγχη (lónkhē) +‎ -όω (-óō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λογχόω • (lonkhóō)

  1. to provide or furnish with a point
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1111a.14:
      οἰηθείη δʼ ἄν τις καὶ τὸν υἱὸν πολέμιον εἶναι ὥσπερ ἡ Μερόπη, καὶ ἐσφαιρῶσθαι τὸ λελογχωμένον δόρυ, ἢ τὸν λίθον κίσηριν εἶναι· καὶ ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ πίσας ἀποκτείναι ἄν· καὶ θῖξαι βουλόμενος, ὥσπερ οἱ ἀκροχειριζόμενοι, πατάξειεν ἄν.
      oiētheíē d’ án tis kaì tòn huiòn polémion eînai hṓsper hē Merópē, kaì esphairôsthai tò lelonkhōménon dóru, ḕ tòn líthon kísērin eînai; kaì epì sōtēríāi písas apokteínai án; kaì thîxai boulómenos, hṓsper hoi akrokheirizómenoi, patáxeien án.
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    • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 3.5.1:
      οὗτοι δὲ καὶ ἐνδῦσαι λέγονται πρῶτοι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους χιτῶνας πλατυσήμους ἄζωστοι δʼ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀγῶνας ἐξῄεσαν, αἰγίδα περὶ τῇ χειρὶ ἔχοντες * ἢ πεπυρακτωμένον ἀκόντιον, σπάνιον δὲ καὶ λελογχωμένον σιδήρῳ μικρῷ.
      hoûtoi dè kaì endûsai légontai prôtoi toùs anthrṓpous khitônas platusḗmous ázōstoi d’ epì toùs agônas exēíesan, aigída perì tēî kheirì ékhontes * ḕ pepuraktōménon akóntion, spánion dè kaì lelonkhōménon sidḗrōi mikrōî.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

  • λογχάριον (lonkhárion, a kind of ornament)
  • λογχεύω (lonkheúō, to pierce with a lance)
  • λογχιάζω (lonkhiázō, to transfix with a spear)
  • λόγχιμος (lónkhimos, belonging to the lance)
  • λογχίον (lonkhíon, small lance)
  • λογχίτης (lonkhítēs, lance bearer)
  • λογχῖτις (lonkhîtis, holly fern)
  • λογχωτός (lonkhōtós, provided with a lance)

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