ἔγχος

Traditionally derived from a tentative Proto-Indo-European root *h₁neǵʰ- (“to stab, pierce, spear”) whence also νύσσω (nússō). According to Beekes, of uncertain origin but possibly from Pre-Greek.

ἔγχος • (énkhos) n (genitive ἔγχους or ἔγχεος); third declension

1. (Epic) spear, spearmanship

   Synonym: ἐγχείη (enkheíē)

2. (later) weapons in general: sword, arrow, etc.
3. (metonymically) armed force

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• ἐγχείη (enkheíē)

• “ἔγχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔγχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἔγχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔγχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἔγχος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• ἔγχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blade idem, page 81.
  • brand idem, page 93.
  • drive idem, page 253.
  • rapier idem, page 672.
  • sword idem, page 849.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN