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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + πέλεκκον (pélekkon, “handle of an axe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛː.mi.pé.lek.kon/ → /i.miˈpe.le.kon/ → /i.miˈpe.le.kon/
Noun
ἡμῐπέλεκκον • (hēmipélekkon) n (genitive ἡμῐπελέκκου); second declension
- half-axe, one-edged axe
Declension
Further reading
- “ἡμιπέλεκκον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἡμιπέλεκκον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἡμιπέλεκκον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἡμιπέλεκκον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἡμιπέλεκκον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963