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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